You win or you die.

“Not that I'm complaining. It was better than my old dream, where Harma Dogshead…”

“Who are you?We we're king's men when we began, the man told her, but king's men…”

“Half of the Ullers are half-mad, the saying went, and the other half are worse.”

“This fool he promised me is like to be my own reflection in a pond.”