wherein I quote from books!
'She said, "Night Brother," when... when I woke from the dream. You have the same eyes, you and she.'
It was a moment before he spoke. 'Yes, well, it is said that we were kin long ago. Children of the sun, children of the moon. And we hate them,' he added, almost cheerily. 'For their light and their wonder, we hate them.'
'You hate all sorts of people,' Che pointed out.
'Oh, for all the wrongs done to us, we have hated your people for five hundred years. But the Butterfly-kinden, the weakest and most ineffectual people in the world, we have hated forever.'
- Empire in Black and Gold, Adrian Tchaikovsky. [Page 486].
It was a moment before he spoke. 'Yes, well, it is said that we were kin long ago. Children of the sun, children of the moon. And we hate them,' he added, almost cheerily. 'For their light and their wonder, we hate them.'
'You hate all sorts of people,' Che pointed out.
'Oh, for all the wrongs done to us, we have hated your people for five hundred years. But the Butterfly-kinden, the weakest and most ineffectual people in the world, we have hated forever.'
- Empire in Black and Gold, Adrian Tchaikovsky. [Page 486].