"The opportunity to be rid of any blood of Septimus is not a chance I’d miss -- I might take some pleasure in killing them, but more than that I’d like to see the King mourn Valeria, and reckon with the fact that he’s left with only Reynaud and Aurelia. Of the three, I can stand Francis the longest -- and I will not linger in this world long enough to be a burden in that regard. And I suppose that if I were to fuck Andros, perhaps he’d be satisfied enough to leave me be.”