“My people live with a grave misconception of the world, Bayle. In doing so, they create injustice.” “They did reject you, Leilwin,” he said softly. “You do no longer be one of them.” “I will always be one of them. My name was revoked, but not my blood.” “I do be sorry for the insult.” She nodded curtly. “I am still loyal to the Empress, may she live forever. But the damane … they are the very foundation for her rule. They are the means by which she creates order, by which she holds the Empire together. And the damane are a lie.”
