The Broken Eye - Pg 329

   "And this?" Teia asked, showing her still-bloodied hands and the bloody rag that wouldn't get the stains out completely. "This is the best thing?"

   Kip stared her hard in the eye. He took the towel in his own clean hands and smeared blood first on one palm and then on the other. "Not the best thing, Teia. The best thing possible? A thousand times yes."

   And staring into his eyes, she believed him. It was a damned thing, war, but she wasn't damned for fighting it.