I sometimes think that 'friend' is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet. - Scott Lynch

Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they’re after an image, not a person.

In my dreams I sign chits and file papers, Nikoros muttered. Then I awake to sign real chits and file real papers. I imagine my grave marker will be carved as a writing desk. 'Here lies Nikoros Via Lupa, wifeless and heirless, but gods how he could alphabetize!'

Liquor does this? Even after you're sober?
A cruel joke, isn't it? The gods put a price tag on everything, it seems.