Ami Callicoat

“There are only a few of us in his life who care about him, but the thing is, he doesn’t listen to us. It’s as if any kind word we have for him doesn’t matter half as much as the awful things strangers say.”
― Riley Rookhouse, Tale of the Swamp Song: World of Heavenfall

“The sensation was a nightmare, worse than anything that I had ever felt, more vindictive and malicious than even Emerald's feelings toward himself. And worse of all, at the heart of that white hot core of anger, was another emotion so bound up with my attacker's fury that it was functionally indistinguishable from his ire:
Love.
His rage was rooted in love, a corruption so deepseated that it turned what should have been a bright and joyous emotion into a blight that spread through every corner of his mind.”
― Riley Rookhouse, Tale of the Hidden Village: World of Heavenfall

“How did Regis feel, when he found out that Ianna had given him half a life? I wondered. Was he grateful? Or did he resent that he was bound to her forever because she wasn’t sure how to live without him? The rain fell harder, and the night offered no reply.”
― Riley Rookhouse, Tale of the Swamp Song: World of Heavenfall

“Modesty did not suit me, but desperate times called for desperate trappings, and though it pained me, I had risen to the challenge.”
― Riley Rookhouse, Tale of the Swamp Song: World of Heavenfall