The symbol of the dragon should be always before them, that mankind seek to accomplish, not to think of sin and do penance.
Her face was smooth and unwrinkled, but aged beyond even the age of the witches: she had seen thousands of years pass, and the cruelty and misery of all of them had formed the hateful expression on her features.
Since the wefts usually got along with humans, and had nothing to gain by disarming fleet ships, any wefts were unlikely to complain. The white tower means to use you like a hound on a leash. He cut in the comlink override.