“The subtext was obvious: Love, pure and eternal, reigned supreme. Senlin did not believe in that sort of love: sudden and selfish and insatiable. Love,

“The subtext was obvious: Love, pure and eternal, reigned supreme. Senlin did not believe in that sort of love: sudden and selfish and insatiable. Love,
“Suzy took the man by his elbow and guided him out of the room. I gazed into his cold, dead eyes as they drifted past
“When the candle burned out she returned Hiraeth to the seal skin case and stowed it away. She stood for a while, swaying with the
“As individuals they were each of them fallible, discordant as notes without harmony. But as a band they were something more, something perfect in its
“That’s the thing about lies. You can forge them hard as you can, polish them to a high shine, make them so sharp they could