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“You get your hands off me, you slimy piece of piss!”
What.
‘I wonder what kind of catastrophic failure the mind is experiencing, to view self-destruction as the only solution?’
Damn. Real colville voice peeking through.
“He was a physician. A kind of godless priest.”
I love that this world is on the cusp of understanding science. I also think that the exclamation of 'black gods!' is a reference to 'gods below!'; an ironic twist on our own view of divinity .
They absorbed sound and Heden felt like he was packed in cotton every time he came in here.
I know that feeling
The bishop indicated an untouched tray of biscuits.
Its like stage direction
grace,
Not capitalized huh? Does that betray the author's view of religion?
discreet flourish
Oxymoron, and an effective one at that
She’s one of a handful of saints who predate the Age of Saints.
So far, 2 female saints and a gay character... Not bad mcdm
Dawnforge,
Reference to a fellow YTer?
There were several traditions in his culture that deliberately subtracted conscious will from a decision, in order to grant gods or saints the opportunity to step in and influence things. Heden had no way of knowing what the dwarf would choose. Let fate decide.
Hachi machi
This was obviously important to her.
I love this shit
He could not remember ever regretting silence.
I mean, good point.
pray.
Prey
“And how did that make you feel?”
“Nobody’s perfect,”
Pobody' s Nerfect
“It’s not my men that have her, Heden.”
This is the "top of the rollercoaster" point
“In for a copper,” he said. Heden looked at the proffered hand, thick and callused. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d accepted help from anyone. He took Teagan’s hand and shook it once. “In for a crown,”
In for a penny, in for a pound
The arrogate and the fighting man climbed the stairs, preparing to kill six low-ranking assassins there to stop them from rescuing a whore who didn’t want to be rescued.
The man in black fled through the desert and the gunslinger followed
