" And though this exposure, private turned public, should make me feel vulnerable - standing at his side, smiling with all my teeth - I feel only powerful. For the first time I glimpse how we could do this, not just tonight but from now on. Together, side by side, we're like a Damian warship. Buoyant, impenetrable, precise. "

― Rosaria Munda , Flamefall (The Aurelian Cycle, #2)