Skyward (Skyward, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

even if her daughter was a creature of distilled darkness, worthy only of being slain so her corpse could be used to make potions.

“Always attack from a position of superior advantage!” I said. “When this is done, Jerkface, I will hold your tarnished and melted pin up as my trophy as your smoldering ship marks your pyre, and the final resting place of your crushed and broken corpse!”