He's a person like any other, driven by greed and blood and pain. You should understand that better than anyone.

You here early, Jesper""I was on time. ""For you, that's early. Next time you plan to impress me give me some warning.

Stay till the end. ""And after, and always.""I want to feel safe again. I want to go home to Ravka. ""Then I'll take you there. We'll set fire to raisins or whatever you heathens do for fun. ""Zealot.""Witch.""Barbarian.

How much harder is it to walk with your feet bound? Or to talk with a hand over your mouth?' she lectured. 'Why do you waste all of your strength fighting your true nature?

Eat, Your Highness. ""Everything tastes like doom, " he whispered. "Then add salt.

Zowa. It simply meant "blessed". That was the word Jesper's mother used instead of Grisha. "we're Zowa", she would say.

I will have you without armor, Kaz Breker. Or I will not have you at all.

Do that thing you do where you use too many words to say something simple and confuse the issue.

It's not exciting if nothing can go wrong.