Status Updates From City of Stairs: The Divine ...

"...for Efrem was always fascinated by what people did with their hands: It is how people interact with the world, he told her once. The soul might be within the eyes, but the subconscious, the matter of their behavior, that is in the hands. Watch a man’s hands, and you watch his heart. And perhaps he was right, for Efrem was always touching things...

Love this! ^^^

"..that must insult and incense the very people you were sent here to work with! Sigrud!” The giant man stands. “Since the maintenance staff responds so slowly to voices other than CD Troonyi’s, please remove that painting and break it over your knee. And Troonyi— please sit down. We need to discuss the conditions of your retirement.”
Well done, Shara! :) And Sigrud is gonna be a fave character, I see!