The Palace of Illusions

Pandavas

skirmishes

though I knew all that she taught me was important, in my vanity I only learned the ones that flattered my ego.

Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you.

She was the only consort that dared accompany the

wave, we chafed in our calmness,

“until the day I bathe it in Kaurava blood.”

Sahadev wondered if Duryodhan hadn’t used

Before this, I had never addressed a crowd, though I recalled Dhri’s tutor discussing, earnestly and at length, the importance of powerful words. He’d said they were the sharpest and subtlest of weapons. It was crucial for rulers to use them correctly, swaying their audience with the appropriate intonation, tugging at their hearts as a master music