I’m not without my sympathies, Lamora. They just don’t necessarily reside with you. - Scott Lynch

“We met five years ago.“ Jean scratched his beard. “On a sea voyage. We became business partners out of sheer boredom. Since then we‘ve been inseparable.“
“Except that my plan calls for me to be plotting your death.“
“Yes, but I don‘t know that, do I? Boon companion! I suspect nothing.“
“Chump! I can hardly wait to see you get yours!“

You rule the Bondsmagi, said Locke, incredulously.
Rule is too strong a term. We do occasionally manage to avert total chaos.

I never even liked cats all that much.
Surely you realize, said Patience, that cats are no great respecters of human opinion.