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The Athoeki language. As though there had only been one. But there was never only one language, not in my considerable experience.
“I find forgiveness overrated. There are times and places when it’s appropriate. But not when the demand that you forgive is used to keep you in your place.
“Just how good a citizen does one have to be,” I asked, “in order to have water and air, and medical help?
“When they behave properly, you will say there is no problem. When they complain loudly, you will say they cause their own problems with their impropriety. And when they are driven to extremes, you say you will not reward such actions. What will it take for you to listen?”
Doesn’t it bother you, sir, that she took something she knew you wanted and used it to make you do what she wanted?” “Sometimes it does,” I admitted. “But then I remember that what she wants isn’t terribly important to me.” Before Tisarwat
