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“The sitting room is currently unoccupied, my lady,” the butler said, pointing a stiff hand—palm up—toward a side chamber. He began stalking toward the staircase, moving with a sense of … inevitability. Like an ancient tree swaying in the wind.
If you remove the foundation of trust from a relationship, then what is the point of that relationship?”
Wayne eyed the watching men. Not a one of them had questioned him. Act like you were important, act like you were angry, and people just wanted to get out of your way. Basic psychology, that was.
Most people seem basically good.” “Well, perhaps by one definition. But it seems that either one—good or evil—has to be pursued for it to be significant. People today … it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice. They act as their surroundings prepare them to act.
“The white, puffy things that float high above the fruitful land where the seeds are planted.”
“The more alone you are,” Waxillium said softly, “the more important it is to have someone you can rely upon.”
