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Really, murmured Des, Tronio is like a chicken that brought its own pot and onions.
The Assassins of Thasalon (2021)
No tactical plan should hinge on one’s enemy making the right mistake.
The Assassins of Thasalon (2021)
“I thought you already knew everything.”
“Knowledge is not the same thing as understanding. I have a profound need to understand. Everything.”
The Assassins of Thasalon (2021)
I did not say that well, Pen fretted.
No, said Des thoughtfully as they turned away, but you said it true. Which is better, and more rare.
The Assassins of Thasalon (2021)
His further study of humanity had revealed just how much people could convince themselves that their own needs were those of the gods, and not the other way around.
The Assassins of Thasalon (2021)
There were many Temple sorcerers in great Thasalon, which drew all men of ambition to it, whether like flies to honey or to manure a matter of opinion.
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The man was embezzling demons?
The Assassins of Thasalon (2021)
“A quagmire of delay,” Lady Xarre observed, “has trapped efforts at righting wrongs before.”
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