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- It’d all be very amusing, if the reason for your consternation weren’t so obvious!”
- “And what reason do you think that is, ma’am?” I demanded, flustered.
- “It is that you believe we do little significant in our work!” Ana
- thundered. “And thus, you dream of transferring to the Legion!”
- I gazed at her, stunned. I had no idea she’d known of my secret wish. I
- wondered how I had been so obvious.
- “How…” I said. “How did you…”
- Ana sighed and tried to collect herself. “Your mind is easy to guess at,”
- she said. “For you are a decent sort, Din, and a decent young man dreaming
- of serving our most honored Iyalet is not the most preposterous thing. And I
- know you did not choose the Iudex. Rather, I chose you. Yet tell me—do you
- really think you do no good in your service, child? That this duty does not
- matter?”
- “I… I do try to think so, ma’am,” I admitted quietly.
- “But?”
- “But… when we come, the deed is already done. The body is cold, the
- blood cleaned away. We often find the killer, but that heals nothing, as far as I
- can see. It only leads to a rope, or a cage, and many more tears.” I swallowed.
- “Is it so strange a thing, ma’am, to helplessly look upon the slain and dream
- of instead saving lives?”
- - A Drop of Corruption, Chapter 19 pgs. 142
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