The rebels had no need for stealth, some of them even chanting about useless kings, corrupt nobility, the price of bread, and the need for the commoners to take back what was owed to them. I took their ideals less seriously every time I passed a body in the streets. If they wanted a revolution and a restructuring of power, killing the people who never had power to begin with wasn't the way to do it.

How can I even begin to understand the nature of power when no one shares a common definition of it?

You remember him as a hero, so none of it makes sense for you. But you can remember him like that without caring what others think. No parent is perfect, and growing up is realizing that.

No one used my family against me to accomplish their own goals. Not even God or an Immortal.

Fathers are like that,” Dark said, almost as if he was talking to himself. “Always disappointing their children when they need them the most.

He told me that everything I was afraid of in the dark was also there in the light. The only difference was the way it looked.

I am a Mercenary. Do you not understand what that means?”“I’m known for my persistence, not my intelligence.

You perceive yourself as clever, but you’re just like that rock.”“Oh, do I mature when I’m under pressure?”“No,” he declared. “You’re lying about yourself to the world. You’re a child who’s never grown up. But, unlike me, you can change that. If you stop complaining so much.

A name does not make the man, just like a lie does not tell the full story.

I don’t have friends— only accomplices and enemies. You’d be amazed at how often they change sides.