I realized there are only two types of people in the world. It’s not Green Bones and non–Green Bones. It’s those who have power and those who don’t.” Her nephew turned toward her with a distant gaze that made him seem as if he were standing on the other side of a wide valley. “Even with jade, we’re not guaranteed a place in that first group. If the clans stop defining the meaning of jade, then others will take that power from us. They’ll amplify all the worst parts and preserve none of the good.”
