Shesvii

“You have deceived me!” Alasthe snapped. “This is wine!”
“You were far thirstier than I imagined!” I laughed. “Please, mathi, rest your weary eyes and let us at least keep you company until athi returns to us!”
Alasthe's nostrils fumed, but she giggled all the same at our playful deception.”
― ArtakaWorks Studio

“Злых людей нет на свете, есть только люди несчастливые.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“I used to think there was such a thing as emptiness, that there were places in the world one could go and be alone. This, I think, is still true, but the error in my reasoning was to assume that alone was somewhere you could go, rather than somewhere you had to be left.”
― Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

“Will you murder innocents?” Palashi asked. “Children, even?”
― ArtakaWorks Studio, The Lost Nation Saga: The Era of Antiquity