““I killed my first man at twelve. I’ve lost count of how many I’ve killed since then. High lords with old names, fat rich men dressed in velvet, knights puffed up like bladders with their honors, yes, and women and children too— they’re all meat, and I’m the butcher.”
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“I do not wish to rule a kingdom of ash and bone.”
“Reluctance to murder is not a weakness!”
“Fire is such strange power.”