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But he could smirk at her - and wave too. A flicker of his right fingers and then a tapping of his right palm.

And perhaps they too would one day be lost to history.

And they fell. Together.

We waddled through life blindly, hoping to find something - and someone - worth fighting for.

Please just get us through this alive.

I'm a domna. I can smile at even the ugliest toad and flatter him on his perfectly placed warts.

You have the curiosity of a cat and common sense of a goldfish.

Initiate. Complete.

that you have learned how to work a button.

Real love isn't about drama or heartbreak. Real love just is.

How could I dream when I knew I could act instead.

Mhe varujta. Trust me as if my soul were yours.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."
"And the foolish can cite Shakespeare.

Sitting still is a quick path to madness, she reminded herself - as if this might explain the trembling.

Dead grass is awakened by fire,
dead earth is awakened by rain.
One life will give way to another,
the cycle will begin again.

Even the greatest feats of man lose their luster when one's head is filled with storm clouds.

Safi snatched the other side of his shirt. These go inside these.

Darkness is not always a foe.

When Aeduan had said he would kill her in Lejna, she hadn't believed him. When he'd said he would kill her last night, she had.

Mountain bats, those massive serpentine creatures of myth. Those ancient scavengers of the battlefield.

Stop seeing what you want to see, Merik Nihar, and start seeing what's really here!

You're chained up." A wince pulled at Safi's eyes. "I upset the Admiral." "Of course you did." "It's not funny.

Someone's magic was cleaving.

Well, Safi was calling horse shit on that. She didn't lack initiative - she was initiative.

The Airwitch had gone from reading nothing in his life to never stopping, buying every novel or history book he could get his hands on.

No rage, no hate, no love, no past. Just now.

There are degrees of everything, which doesn't fit well into your true-or-false view of the world.

There was no heaven here. Eternal life meant waking up as a putrid corpse.

Until at last, they could pause and let the arrows fall harmlessly around them.

Don't pet the cat that's had a bath.

He feeds off their fear and fans it to flames.

Run, my child, run.

Who betrays whom first.

Safi ignored him--he was clearly an idiot

Nothing negated beauty faster than boredom.

Sometimes justice was all about the small victories.

As Aeduan walked onward, he was pleased to find he'd left a trail of muddy boot-prints throughout the house.

No regrets, keep moving . . .

Then her Truthwitchery exploded - a coating, scraping sensation against her neck that heralded wrongness.

They aren't for disguise at all. You just didn't want to leave behind your favorite book.

Miss Fitt, you know curiosity gets men killed."
I grinned. "Then I daresay it's good I'm a woman.

She already fought so hard to separate herself from her emotions - if she got rid of her thoughts too, what would be left?

Plague? the guard interrupted.

Iron might weep, but it did not break.

Where are my blades, Threadwitch?" He stubbornly still spoke in Dalmotti.
So Iseult stubbornly answered in Nomatsi: "Hidden.

Which left Aeduan, as always, on the edge of a scene, watching while the world unfolded without him beneath a darkening sky.

Eleanor," Daniel said. "Miss Fitt! Wake up!"
I fluttered my eyelids open. "I'm not a misfit anymore," I rasped. "I thought I told you that.

He was good. The best fighter she'd ever faced. But Safi and Iseult were better.

Of course, the three men in the tavern who'd decided to attack Iseult had never made it back home at all. At least not with intact femurs.

Two girls who'd once shared tea and gossip were now bound together by death.

The holiest always have the farthest to fall.

Who the rut is that Nubrevnan Windwitch? And: He should really learn how to button a shirt.

Oh, the Bloodwitch named Aeduan was no longer bored. No longer bored at all. And now he had work to do.

There are degrees of freedom. Complete freedom isn't always good, nor is the lack of it always bad.

Though we are safe with our friends near, we are safest with our enemies nearer.

There was pain too, though Aeduan could ignore that. After all, pain was nothing new.

Iseult's nostrils twitched. Her face hardened. The defiance, the determination - they were back, and against his will, Aeduan's lips twitched upward.

those who win wars are those who write history.

Aeduan bundled her up and stood. She was so light, so fragile. A bird in his demon arms.

Each Well was linked to one of the five elements: Aether, Earth, Water, Wind, or Fire.

Weasels piss on you, Iz. I'm not done yet.

The fault is not in our stars," I whispered to the ceiling. "But in ourselves. This was my choice.

Can't say I'm surprised you were here. You have the curiosity of a cat and the common sense of a goldfish.

If you wanted to, Safiya, you could bend and shape the world.

You are strong and independent, I told myself as I unlocked the door. Capable and clever. No males needed.

My feet hurt, Hell-Bard."
"Good for you."
"My wrists hurt too."
"Fascinating."
... "You're a bastard.

I brandished my parasol at him like a rapier. You, sir, are an abominable scalawag of a man, and I'll be damned if I let you threaten me.

Curiosity is a strong fire, and once ignited, it is not easily put out.

Never had Safi seen so many furled sails. Or circling sea gulls.
Cursed birds.

And do all Hell-Bards waddle like a duck, or is it just you?

Simply because I have lost faith in the cause doesn't mean the training has lost all of its usefulness.

He would find a chest full of barbed arrows awaited him.

That's a very comforting response, Oliver. Of course I can trust you implicitly when all you care about is using me for your own designs.

And if I don't answer... Then what?... Oh, no. Someone protect me from the bad man with a knife. - Admiral Kahina

They each wore ill-fitting black suits and well-fitting black scowls.

Always. There was always blood where Aeduan went.

It was time to make amends. Time to bring justice to the wronged. Time to bring punishment to the wicked.

and she and the mare set off after Safi.

There was nothing to deflate a man's ego like a bit of frill around the collar.

And together we wept on. For all we had fought.
For all we had given up.
And for all we were never meant to lose.

Aeduan didn't contradict her. She was what she was, and fighting one's nature only brought pain. Sometimes death too.

Merik turned away, pretending not to hear. Not to care. But the truth was, he did hear and he did care.

There were advantages to being a dead man.

I can feel their Threads waiting.

It is always easier to blame gods or legends than it is to face our own mistakes.

After tonight, Safiya fon Hasstrel would be free.

Merry... you look awful. - Vivia

Yes," Safi breathed, swaying into one of the men holding her up. She flashed a grin at him and said, "I'm Safiya fon Hasstrel, and I can do anything.

Stasis, Iseult det Midenzi told herself for the thousandth time since dawn. Stasis in your fingers and in your toes.