She knew he was telling his soul what it needed to hear so that he could gather his courage to go and go what he must - Alice Borchardt

She was afraid of men, with good reason, but she need not fear all of them. Cai loved her and somehow always would. But above all, she could trust him, because dishonesty wasn’t in him. Not always a good trait but a part of his nature. He kept faith without thinking about it at all. He couldn’t imagine not doing so

Don’t flaunt your ignorance or try to insult me. I don’t suffer fools gladly and insults irritate me

Some men know from birth that they are expendable… they fought to won. If you did not win, you did not run either