"He thinks I am like you," she says frostily. "And he thinks you can do no wrong. So he persists in seeing me as a victim; it is the only explanation he can reconcile with his precious Wei Ying."

"But I am not you. I am not a problem to be solved. I am not a victim. I will not be pitied, Wei Wuxian."

"He has told me what it would take to dry up his pity, and I have no desire to do it. But I will not be pitied, and I would rather be a monster than a victim."