Hastra Quotes

“We still have time," Kell assured him, getting to his feet.
"How do you know?" asked Hastra. "We can't hear the bells down here, and there are no windows to gauge the light." "Magic," Kell said, and then, when Hastra's eyes widened, he gestured to the hourglass sitting on the table with his other tools. "And that.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

“Hastra handed him a blanket. "Shouldn't you take off her knives?"

"There's not enough tonic in the world to risk it," said Kell.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

“You drugged her?"
" It was Tieren's order, " said Hastra, chastised. "He said she was mad and stubborn and no use to us dead." (...)
"And what do you plan to do when she wakes up back?"
Hastra shrank back. "Apologize?"
Kell made an exasperated sound as Lila nuzzled - actually nuzzled - his shoulder.
"I suggest," he snapped at the young man, "you think of something better. Like an escape route.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

“Kell had half a mind to sink the ship, but that would only cause trouble, and if Rhy found out, he'd probably throw a tantrum or stab himself out of spite.
So he had settled for glaring at the Spire, and letting his imagination do the rest.
"Are we on a mission, sir?" Hastra had whispered (the young guard was taking his new role of confidant and accomplice very seriously).
"We are," muttered Kell, feigning severity.
He'd lingered in the shadowed overhang of a shop and scowled at the ship for several long and uneventful minutes before announcing that he needed a drink.”
― V. E. Schwab