# Quote — Ian Tregillis, The Mechanical

> “Sergeant,” she said as they mounted the stairs leading to her old apartments, “thank you for treating me like a human being. And, for what it’s worth, I am sorry about how this turned out.”
>
> He grunted. “It can’t be undone,” was all he said.

- Author: [Ian Tregillis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-tregillis.md)
- Book: [The Mechanical](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-tregillis/the-mechanical.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-tregillis/the-mechanical/sergeant-she-said

## More from this book

> It’s not my fault your makers made you humorless.

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> It isn’t courtly politics if somebody doesn’t get a dagger in the back.

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> Perhaps there really was a God, and He was just as cruel as the humans He made in His form.

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