I don’t see that her being cyborg is relevant.

Prince Kai! Check my fan, I think I'm overheating.

Emilie. A beautiful name for a beautiful girl.

Sybil tells me your little festival is an annual occurrence," she said, the cadence of her voice swooning like a lullaby. "Yes," Kai said, lifting a shrimp wonton between his chopsticks. "It falls on the ninth full moon if each year." "Ah, how lovely for you to base your holidays on the cycles of my planet." Kai wanted to scoff at the word planet but sucked it back down his throat.

Vanity is a factor, but it is more a question of control. It is easier to trick others into perceiving you as beautiful if you can convince yourself you are beautiful. But mirrors have an uncanny way of telling the truth.

The better to eat you with, my dear.

If you honestly believe that," said Thorne, stowing the gun again, "then you really don't recognize true value when you see it.