He Who Fights with Monsters 2 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #2)

by Shirtaloon

“What is going on here?” he asked. “Jason, what did you do?” “Why do you assume it was me?” “Was it you?” “Well, yes, but where’s the faith?”

“I’m changing my answer,” Emir said, breaking the silence. “I’ve just now known him long enough to realise I absolutely do not understand him at all.”

“If your goddess is willing to hand over such information, then by what moral stricture does she not? Instead, she looks to ransom a man’s principles. You just tried to turn me on my friend, a man who saved my life, and you have the gall to lay there looking surprised? If you want to help me, then help me. Bring your self-serving ways to me again and you’ll get worse than you got today.”

“You should always welcome being proven wrong,” Jason said. “It means your understanding of the world just got a little bit better.”

Money and power have to be a means, not an end, or you'll lead a joyless life.”