Man, right in the feels!
I'm so glad we got one last trip to the divine cities and I think this series is due a reread soon since it's so fascinating. And well written. And captures the epicness of epic fantasy without the faux medieval crap.

One of the things that Bennett does, and he's not alone in this, is he attempts to talk about the problem of righting a broken world. Which, yeah, tell me about it. And I can't decide whether the model of the individual who can make the right choices in the right place to break the cycle of violence is meant as inspirational hope or as one of the fiercest fantasies to which we cling.