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September 14 - September 20, 2020
Authority is not a real thing. Jasnah’s words. It is mere vapors—an illusion. I can create that illusion . . . as can you.
“I do not remember well, but did Jasnah not use a desk when . . . ‘doing scholarship’?” “Desks are for boring people,” Shallan said. “And for people who don’t have a squishy bed.”
“What you did tonight was clever,” Wit said. “You turned an attack into a promise. The wisest of men know that to render an insult powerless, you often need only to embrace it.”

