Now that you mention it, they've never been particularly strict with us. Only violence - at least this is a language we all can speak.

[Does it suck when it comes from someone whose side she isn't on? Certainly. Is she interested in dismantling their iron grip in retaliation? That too. But force is indeed a force with which she is familiar.

At mention of the City, she visibly perks, her hands unlinking like opening them will help her receive the information faster. It's certainly not the first time she's heard about it.]

That miserable place filled with curses? I'm more than intrigued.