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“The Empress expects obedience of her servants, and demands loyalty.”
“Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.”

— Steven Erikson Gardens of the Moon (1999)

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He who would dominate must learn early that those resisting his command should be destroyed.

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