When they moved, maybe they couldn’t leave behind death and killing and all that came with it—not at first, but someday, far in the future, perhaps … She brushed the hair from his eyes. Someday, they would both lay down their swords and daggers and arrows. And by leaving Rifthold, by leaving the Guild, they’d take the first step toward that day, even if they had to keep working as assassins for a few more years at least.
It is wild to read this knowing that the beginning of this series is AFTER Sam has already been killed and Celaena is on her way to becoming Aelin again/heading towards a life COMPLETELY different from what this younger Celaena wanted. These last two short stories by Mass really highlight the more youthful mind of Celaena which I find brings more emphasis to how she's grown mentally by the fourth book in the series.
Her innocence in this paragraph is incredibly highlighted since we (as an audience) know what comes next "little does she know..."
