Cole: Sharp hands fixing your collar, straightening your spine, teaching you where to place the knife before teaching you where to place your feet.
Lucanis: Caterina valued efficiency.
Cole: She valued survival. Yours most of all.
Lucanis: In her own way.
Cole: You still want her approval. Even now.
Lucanis: Careful, Cole.
Cole: You hear her voice every time you fail.
Lucanis: Cole, that's enough.





















