Melissa Grace

“This is your past. This is your heritage. You are here at this school because you are the descendants of the greatest fighters Duna has ever seen. The best blood in the world flows through your veins. If you learn well, listen well, and work hard, the Sword of Kaigen will survive, bright and sharp, to be passed down to your sons, and their sons after them.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“Tajakalu may be able to use their physical strength to throw a projectile,” Yukino Sensei said, turning back to his class. “Fonyakalu may be able to use their nyama to push against one. Our nyama is the projectile. When a weapon is made of ice, we can control it down to the molecule. As jijakalu, we are the only race of theonite who can fight with a solid weapon that is truly an extension of the self.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“Who says that children belong to their fathers? We carry them, we nourish them inside us, we bring them into the world, we do all the work in raising them. Then these men—these men think they can just take them and kill them?”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“I just want to warn you… I don’t want you to make the mistake of assuming you can rely on the Empire to support your community through this time. I’ve been around enough to know that you will be disappointed.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen