Manners,[...] are severly underappreciated in my opinion". "Oh?" Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be forced to go through the effort of killing someone in yours. Belive that on occasion that much death can become tedious.

Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.

Lies were something you told other people to make things easier, somehow - hopefully, for them, but often more selfishly for yourself.

I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.

If hearts really could sink, Kaylin's was busily rearranging her internal organs.

The look he gave her made her turn away for a moment. Sometimes you couldn’t look too closely at another person’s pain.

You are an... animal? A talking animal?" Without missing a beat, Teela said, "Of course not. She's much, much harder to train.