We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

[P]ride is something only folk with money can afford.

Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know." Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?

That's all this job is, Daine," she explained. "Trying to please everyone and pleasing no one. And it will only get worse, not better.

So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without ignored. That's the world.

Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to?