“Having no money brings a whole host of problems,” Julian said. Avra could just see that he was stroking Teveri’s knuckles with his thumbs as he squeezed their hands. “But having too much money does too. It sucks your soul dry, eventually. Even a sweet-natured and well-intentioned person starts making decisions based on protecting the money rather than helping other people. It becomes a burden—a god that you’re shackled to, one that’s even more difficult to abandon than the others you’ve already turned away from.”
