"Two," she answers, quietly. It feels like more, but the truth is, "It's been two years since the virus. And the hardest lessons are the ones I'd have to forget about to be happy here."

Always be ready for what you have to be taken from you. Always be ready to be lied to, or stepped on, or traded.

"People are hideous, Astarion. All that keeps most of them in line is the threat of punishment."