“You wanted to stop him,” I said hesitantly. “You—” Baghra pounded the floor with her stick. “I wanted to keep him from becoming a monster! But it’s too late for that, isn’t it? Thanks to you, he is farther from human than he’s ever been. He’s long past any redemption.” “Maybe,” I admitted. “But Ravka isn’t beyond saving.” “What do I care what happens to this wretched country? Is the world so very fine that you think it worth saving?”

