The Edge of Worlds (The Books of the Raksura #4)

by Martha Wells

“Not every problem can be solved by you trying to get yourself killed.”

One thing Moon had figured out since joining the court was that being the one who pointed out what things were wrong was relatively easy compared to being the one who had to decide what to do about them.

Fairness was a concept taught to fledglings and babies so they would share their toys and food and not shred each other over trifles. It wasn’t something that applied to real life, at least in Moon’s experience.

He had spent most of his life watching every abortive attempt at a relationship fail. He knew how to start them and how to escape them, but he didn’t know anything about maintaining them. It was easier when the other person did all the work.

Chime eyed Stone warily. “What are you going to do?” “I’m going to get in a fight,” Stone told him.

“He’s in a bad mood,” Stone explained, “he was born that way.

Fairly reasonable people often expected everyone they knew to be fairly reasonable too, and were shocked when this proved not to be the case.