Weapons have no need of friends. — N. K. Jemisin

My people didn’t use mysterious powers to track you; we used deduction. Much more reliable.

Syenite wonders if there is any point in hating a crazy man. It’s not like he’ll notice, anyway.

“Home is people,” she says to Asael, softly. Asael blinks. “Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.”