As I've always said to Talon, tough times never last. But tough Mandarins. I learned that from watching you as a boy. Your parents, grandparents, and Keri's treated you like shit and yet you never once spoke against them. You'd just lift your chin and carry on. 'Barking dogs don't bother me,' you used to say. 'Sooner or later, they reach the end of their yard and hit a fence. I'll keep going past it, and won't hear them anymore.

Born of Betrayal