"Time. Tch. What, twenty years isn't enough? I don't want these feelings. He's my king, I'm his right hand, I can't just walk away from him." Never could. Not even when he had the option. Not even when he thought Dimitri was dead. Just couldn't let the boar go. Pathetic.

"And this isn't the first or even the second time I've been on this island. It's the third, and I don't remember any of it. So if the first two times weren't enough to 'recover' from a lifetime of stupidity, I doubt the third time is any kind of 'charm.'"