The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)

by Brandon Sanderson

No luck, though her backside did get three separate compliments, so there was that.

“Yes,” VenDell said. “Hemalurgy is … problematic.” “In part because we wouldn’t exist without it,” MeLaan said. “That’s not a particularly fun thing to know—that people had to be murdered in order to bring you to sapience.”

“Sorry. Sorry, my lord. I said I didn’t want to offend!” “You can’t just say ‘don’t be offended’ and then say something offensive, man! That’s not how it works.”