Nyrissa laughs. "My wild cat — so angry, so hungry for knowledge. I've never thought you'd give up so easily.

Nyrissa laughs. "My wild cat — so angry, so hungry for knowledge. I've never thought you'd give up so easily. But you are too late. Terribly, terribly late. The roads of the First World played a trick on you. You spent almost two hundred years on the road to my door. Your country is in ruins. Your entire order is dead. Even if I release you from the poison in your veins — you'll only return to rule over rock and bone. Look into my mirror and see for yourself!"