I immensely appreciate how much the Landscpe is a character in the story. Both the vegetation and the animals and even the water.

“Which is how we wound up, five nights later, climbing out of the Duchess’s toilet.”

Queen of the one liners. I literally have to turn the page 😂

“You only know what I’ve showed you,” Dymitr says. “That…” Niko touches his lips to Dymitr’s cheek, right beside his mouth. “… is true of everyone, all the time.”

Again! I feel like people say what Dymitr says all the time, but I love that Niko comes back basically saying duh, but in such a polite way that reframes it completely in my head. VR has such a way with words that works for me.