“They’re monsters,” Orso heard her whisper. “I almost wish they were,” he muttered. “That would be easier. But they’re just people.” “They’re the worst people I ever saw.” “Of course they are. We hanged all the best ones. The ones who might have helped, might have compromised, might have built bridges, we left dangling over the road to Valbeck. Of course they are cruel, and greedy, and brutal. Those are the lessons we taught. That was the example we set.”
