Emperor's End (The Ripple System #5)
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“It’s called character development. You should try it sometime.” “You’re not developing at all. You’re just becoming weirder and increasingly unhinged.”
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“I prefer to think of it as a sort of deepening of flavor. Like a nice Bordeaux, aging over time.” “Doesn’t work. Bordeauxs are almost always blends of a couple different grapes.” “How is that relevant?” “Because you aren’t a blend, Frank. You’re just a single note struck badly.” “Maybe to the uncultured palate.” I laughed. “No, but seriously, if you had tasting notes, they would just say: unnecessarily aggressive.” “Heh. Hell yeah they would.”
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“Yeah, well, that’s a problem for future Frank to solve.” “May I be even more unbridled and twice as unhinged when the moment strikes.”
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“Why do you keep phrasing everything as a question?” I said. “Because I’m filled with self-doubt and I have no idea how to express emotions that aren’t immediately adjacent to rage?”