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“Who in the universe halts when the enemy tells them to?”
“Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.”
“But I will never ask anyone from our village-from any village in Tlanth-to risk his or her life unless I'm willing to myself.”
“If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep.”
“Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same.”
“Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of reality; for what shapes it is emotion, which can twist what seems clear, just as the surface of a pond seems to bend the stick thr...”
“A horse blanket, Mel?I remembered what I was wearing. 'It tore in half when Hrani tried washing it. She was going to mend it. This piece was too small for a horse, but it was just right fo”
“Why is it the songs all end with the good people winning, but in life they don't?"They don't make songs when the good lose," I muttered. "They make war chants against the bad. So there won't be any...”
