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“And when the cost of Lyctorhood was paid, when the emotions were at their peak… we found out the price for our sin. The monstrous retribution. To be chased for our crimes to the ends of the universe, to have our deed stain our very faces and follow after us like a foul smell.”

“In that hovering place so close to the end of your life, it seemed only natural that you should reach for her. The fear of death had remade your worship into desperation, or maybe desire. You reached one hand out for that frozen tangle of hair at the back of the skull; you closed the gap between you, and you kissed that lovely corpse mouth.”

“It was only you, and your mind’s outline of your body, and the ghost of a dead man, and the thing that followed you inside.”

“The water is risen. So is the sun. We will endure.”

« Ianthe took her finger from your lips, looked at you, and smiled a phosphorescent and confidential smile. She said, ‘I’m going to help you kill the Saint of Duty.’ »

“Don’t pull that face… I know you like I know my own soul.”