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A Futile Gesture by Stewart Stafford
Challenged to de Clair's Danse Macabre,
Sebastian counted condemned steps,
Thistle ranks awaiting duelling blood,
A powdered farce of silk and steel.
Spun, heart exposed to pistol shot,
Sebastian faced his rival, Flintlock fired,
A sharp crack counterpointed the gale,
A crimson bloom on his foe’s ribcage.
Honour preserved, whatever it meant -
Slain Baron de Clair curtsied to tilled earth,
The manservant held out his master's coat
as if death were but a pau
...more
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I don’t duel, boy. I kill as a soldier kills, which is as a butcher kills, as quickly, efficiently, and with as least risk to myself as I can arrange.
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― The Curse of Chalion
― The Curse of Chalion
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