Quotes featuring Ressa

“Well, that didn’t work out like you hoped. So much for the charming [Lady] beloved by all Runners.”

“I am?”

“That’s Lady Magnolia, Miss Ryoka Griffin. Wipe your feet.”

“Wait.”

“Very good, milady. I’m sure the color will detract from the quantity you intend to gobble down like a pig for slaughter.”

“So worthwhile you could not eat two bowls.”

“I’m out. Either she was lying—and I had a truth spell on her the entire time—or it’s somewhere you missed, like a paradise nation.”

“May I take your cup, Miss?”

“You scared her off. I thought you were trying to be subtle.”

“Self-inflicted injuries are not my job. You don’t think she’s actually from somewhere else, do you?”

“And you just let her run off, never to return. You didn’t even put a tracking spell on the bag of holding.”

“Not until the first frosts, Lady Reinhart. In here, Miss Griffin. What will you be needing?”

“This way to the kitchen, Miss.”

“No, Lady Reinhart, the staff has accommodated your every need without the expense of a live-in [Chef] for your Celum home. That knife is meant to sear what it cuts. These are regular knives, Miss Griffin.”

“…Which old man is it? The pervert or the lazy one?”

“I believe the Runner’s Guild has her name written down.”

“The Antinium Wars? Those are ancient history. She was no hero, the kind you’ll see in statues. But she was.”

“They are quite expensive, milady.”

“Serviceable. But she’s not going to cure that with potions. The bones’re crushed.”

“Nope. This would require the best [Healer] the Guild has—or something better. It’s shattered bone in splinters. Whoever did this knew how to stop it from being repaired.”

“He’s about seven hundred miles away and unlikely to…”

“And a chamberpot.”

“She’s got you there.”

“She is busy, Lady Reinhart.”

“Truthful.”

““She may want the scar.””

““Very well.””

““I can’t say. She’s tough. Her entire family is.””

““She might die out here. She didn’t look like she was doing well. Theofore claims she’s mostly stealing.””

““No…nor does she seem keen on speaking with any Drakes or Gnolls. But her gold’s run out.””

““Will—this do? For lodging?””

““She made it all the way here. That’s actually commendable. Was that—kind?””

““You let them try.””