"Yeah?" Well, like him. Probably.

"I can't claim to know as much as you do about politics. I can't. But I do know that Redbright can't claim to understand Midnight. It's not about wanting to do dark, evil things. It's about the freedom to be able to, should we need to." She'd had no choice when it came to choosing circles. Not with the people she spent time with.

"She's not as good as people like to think she is."