You may have needed me, but I never needed you.[to Kirigan]
You dragged me away from my only friends and now, according to you, I’m gonna be a target for the rest of my life. You wanna know why you’ve never found someone with this power? Maybe it’s because they don’t want to be found.[to Kirigan]
When I was young, I was afraid of the dark. When I got older, I learned that darkness is a place, and it’s full of monsters.
Maybe it’s nicer inside the walls of the Little Palace, but out here, when you’re different, when you look different, everything’s at risk of becoming a fight.
I spent years thinking I’d find a way out. Around the Fold, to go somewhere where no one cares where I’m from. But now, I’m old enough to know the only way out is through.
Getting lost can happen even when you know where you are.
Everyone is looking at me like I’m the answer.
Cardinal north is a direction on a map. True north? True north is home. It is where you feel safe. And loved.
