“That is why I taught you how to trade, because that's what life is - a barter of choices and consequences.”

“Life is a barter of choice and consequences.”

“I'd traded my soul for the chance to get even, bartering with the Devil with a life that was not my own.”

“There are the choices that we make and the consequences, that's all.”

“When I saw this gorge on the map, I thought to myself, 'what a godforsaken spot.' And that's when it occurred to me what to bring for barter. I brought you God.”

“You're talking like the choices others made were the only choices someone could make given the choices you made." Mireya paused. "I think.""That's quite a mouthful."“But it's what you're thinking. Yes, you made specific choices, bad ones too. But the choices others make, they make them. You don't. Just because you made the wrong choices, doesn't mean you deserved everything bad that happens to you. Don't you see?""Not all the consequences are bad, Mireya," Faela said her voice soft.”