She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear face said that she had opinions about everything she heard, and that it was her proud duty to think out those opinions, and make them responsible and coherent.

Vampire. Dangerous. Unknowable. Seriously creepy. This one's name was Constantine. We'd met before.

I advise those who want to become writers to study veterinary medicine, which is easier. You don't want to be a writer unless you have no choice - and if you have no choice, good luck to you.

She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear face said that she had opinions about everything she heard, and that it was her proud duty to think out those opinions, and make them responsible and coherent.

One doesn't generally look into mirrors when one is especially angry; one has better things to do, like pace the floor or throw things.

You are attempting to be logical, I suspect, and logic has little to do with government, and nothing at all to do with military administration.

Those single-track military minds never think to ask their cleaning staff for help in giant lethal marauding creature matters.