" We were conquerors once.”
Shan looked up at him. “But…”
“The empire of Mewt was larger than the Magravandians. We were the kings of the world.”
“Then how can you accept these people here? How can you eat with them, talk with them?”
“It is their turn,” Tuya said, “and not all Magravandians are slaughterers.”
“I cannot accept what they’ve done.”
“You must. It is part of what I’m trying to teach you.”
“You’re teaching me to fight.”
“A fighter who cannot think and reason, a fighter who cannot have compassion is weak,” Tuya said.
“Must I love my enemies as I cut them down?”
“It helps,” Tuya said. "
― Storm Constantine , The Crown of Silence (The Chronicles of Magravandias, #2)