Emperors are vain and useless things.

“Fifteen!" Dess's distant cry reached him. "Where the hell are you, Rex? Ten. Yo…”

“Didn't this beat everything? A pretty and an ugly taking a stroll together. The…”

“Even bloody and bruised, he had an odd sort of swagger, as if he crash-landed i…”

“Lilt pulled away. "I saw what he was doing, so I cleared a path for him. I help…”