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A beggar’s mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king’s mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies not in the number who obey your will, but in the number who suffer your stupidity.

— R. Scott Bakker The Judging Eye (2009)

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Chapter Fourteen: Cil-Aujus

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