" My apologies. One of my Romani fellows mistook my frowning expression as a plea for aid. Perhaps: You might break a thousand spells and a thousand hearts, but you cannot break me—I am already in pieces before you.
It’s fortunate for me that I’m a better soldier and scientist than poet, though rather unfortunate for you. "

― Rosalyn Eves , Winter War Awakening (Blood Rose Rebelion #3)