The Stone Sky

Would’ve been nice if we could’ve all had normal, of course, but not enough people wanted to share. So now we all burn.

When we say that “the world has ended,” remember—it is usually a lie. The planet is just fine.

Honor in safety, survival under threat. Necessity is the only law.

Nassun gasps. “That’s horrible!

I don’t bother to explain that just because something is horrible does not make it any less true.