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“But fuck the gods,” he whispers. “Fuck the Synod. Fuck the throne and every cursed thing that’s come from it.”
His thumb brushes under my eye. I hadn’t realized I was crying.
“You don’t belong in my world. Leina, you are my world.”

“Don’t make me beg,” she says.
I almost miss the way her lip quivers against mine, the way her eyes fill with vulnerability and nerves before she leans forward again and draws my bottom lip in between her teeth.
But I don’t miss it. And that vulnerable courage—that essence of Leina—is my undoing.
“By the Veil, Leina, you don’t beg for anything. You command and it’s yours. Tell me what you want.”
“You”

Leina’s eyes land on me—those amber eyes, flecked with gold—and just like that, everything else fades.
There’s only her.
And godsdamn, she looks good.
No—she looks dangerous.

Love that he says dangerous. Ryot is growing on me, I feel like I'm starting to actually know and care for him. But he needs to stop being in total boyfriend mode but then pull back to not cross the line...man we all know you love her

Here, it is brutally clear that the gods don’t want us. They need us. We are tools. Pawns. Weapons made flesh. And when we break, they forge new ones.
A gust tears across the narrow ridge, nearly knocking me sideways, as if the mountain heard my thoughts and disapproved.
Good. Let it be angry. I’m angry too.
I keep going, because if the gods think I’ve come to beg, they’re wrong.

Leina is the best

Illusion of Strength. I know this chapter.I’ve lived this chapter. Every time someone calls me quick instead of dangerous;or they say I’m lucky instead of good.When the villagers called me loud,bossy instead of a leader.I watched them tell my mother don’t be so sensitive—like her breadth of emotion wasn’t her greatest strength, And then,after Levvi died and she made herself hard,they said she was a cold bitch

“Tell them what it’s like to wake before the sun just to survive. To bury people you loved and keep moving because no one else was coming to save you. How you learned to bite down on grief, to swallow rage, to choke on endurance.I never said you were weak, you’re behind. But you’re behind in mechanics—technique, footwork, weapons. And that?That we can teach. And that’s Master Ryot to you, now, rebel girl”

And suddenly, being on my knees before a goddess who has never lifted a finger to help us feels wrong. I know I should be expressing supplication and veneration. But instead, I’m angry.
I won’t kneel here. I won’t kneel anywhere.

Still don't know the mmc enough to have an opinion on him; his interest seems a bit insta but it could work. But Leina I'm adoring and want to see her burn it all to the ground

It takes me no time to understand the depth of their ignorance—these men, who claim such power, who interrogate me like I am some unknown quantity, don’t even understand the people who live under their rule.
A sharp, bitter laugh rises in my chest. “Oh, I’m sorry—has the suffering of my people inconvenienced you?”

I'm very into it already! And Leina is a QUEEN