" cloak. “But if you really want to make me happy—” “I’ll tell you what.” I held up a finger. “Finishing that thought might make you happy in the short term, but keeping it to yourself will make you not get punched in the mouth in the long term.” I smiled as sweetly as a woman with my kinds of scars could. “A simple pleasure, sir, but a lasting one. "

― Sam Sykes , Seven Blades in Black (The Grave of Empires, #1)