“You never studied any magical theory?” “I did meet a scholar who told me I was an expert in applied kinetics, whatever that is.” “You didn’t ask?” “I didn’t get a chance before I beat him to death with a fruit cart.” “How exactly did you wind up as a Continental Council executive?” “They like to have different people for different situations. I usually get sent places where they need someone to cut through the politics. Not literally, obviously. Unless we want to. We get quite broad discretionary power and I find an axe through someone’s head on the first day helps set a tone.”
