“I’m broken.” “Who isn’t? Life breaks us, Teft. Then we fill the cracks with something stronger.” “I make myself sick.” “Teft,” she said, a glowing apparition in the darkness, “that’s what the Words are about.” Oh, Kelek. The shouts. Fighting. His friends. “I…” Storm you! Be a man for once in your life! Teft licked his lips, and spoke. “I will protect those I hate. Even … even if the one I hate most … is … myself.”
