Innocence is only a matter of not being able to believe in a possibility you can’t imagine. - Esther Friesner

You may hear the priests claim that revenge belongs to the gods and should never be the property of man.
Leave it to the gods to hog the best bits of life for themselves. When you have your enemies skewered, I think it would be wasteful not to stay and watch them writhe. I would even call it impolite. I value courtesy.

This—this guy is dead now, right?
Marguerite shrugged. "Death is such a fragile thing. Who knows? I've heard rumors, but you can't depend on anything these days. The greatest wizards of antiquity turn up with less warning than Hamptons houseguests."

Power can command wealth but wealth can’t always command power.