“What’s the penalty for entering the Forbidden City again, Teach?” “I believe it’s a punishment similar to hanging, drawing, and quartering. So, you see, it would be a good idea if—” There was a very faint splashing. “How’re you drawn, then?” “I think your innards are cut out and shown to you.” “What for?” “I don’t really know. To see if you recognize them, I suppose.” “What . . . like, ‘Yep, that’s my kidneys, yep, that’s my breakfast’?” “How’re you quartered? Is that, like, they give you somewhere to stay?” “I think not, from context.” For a while there was no sound but the splash of six
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