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Kai turned to Farson. “I have not heard of a Rule 257.” Farson followed in his former pupil’s footsteps, calling over his shoulder, “Be one and alone.”
“People often fear what they do not understand, and they tend to hate what they fear,”
“You have to remember, besides Farson, everyone I ever met before leaving the fortress is dead. Everyone. Ever.”
As Rezkin passed, Farson looked at him deadpan and muttered, “Seriously? I am the darkness?” Rezkin grinned. “Outworlders enjoy theatrics.”
“Would you kill someone to prevent a terrible injustice that has not yet occurred but that you know will happen if you do nothing? Or will you allow it to happen and then punish others for the offense? If you know it is going to occur, are you not also culpable for doing nothing to prevent it?”
“When the Maker is silent, it is because the experience of making the choice is more important than the outcome.”
My mind is made and spare routes fade, So thee and I and they and them, And most in all the world do win.
Malcius nodded toward the Jeng’ri and asked Rezkin, “Why do you keep assigning him to watch the ladies? Is he a eunuch?”
When the vimara slid like illuminated water over his skin, for the briefest moment, strange, archaic black, blue, and red lines and runes could be seen scrawled across nearly every inch of his flesh below the neck. In that moment, he truly looked the demonic lord many a rumor claimed him to be.
“No one deserves to be king, and those who desire it do not fully understand the position.”
“The face was different, but the enemy was the same. Hate. It is a senseless emotion that induces strife wherever it persists.”
“I do not hate my enemies. I merely recognize the need for them to be silenced in whatever manner is fitting.”
