What Stalks the Deep (Sworn Soldier, #3)
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They were wrong about the man part, but the thought of explaining Gallacia’s sworn soldiers to a boatload of Americans was so exhausting that I needed a gin and tonic just to contemplate it, and a second one to decide that explaining would be a bad idea.
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One American can really fill a room. I assume it only takes a hundred or so to really fill a country.
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We grow turnips and sheep, but our primary export is people who want to get the hell away from it.
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The way he pronounced dark as dahhhk was so pure that I had an involuntary urge to snatch up the teapot and find a harbor to dump it in.
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“That is horrifying and I want to go home,” I said, although I pronounced it, “Ah. I see.”
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“For a language with so many words in it, it’s got some definite flaws,” Angus said, once Denton had left.
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Christ’s blood. No wonder Americans all move like they’ve got extra space around them. If their country was a house, it would be one of those monstrous old ramblers that no one can afford to heat in the winter. They probably develop drafts in New York because someone left a window open in San Francisco.
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Even when you’re a sworn soldier, there’s always some jackass who thinks the contents of your pants means you can’t possibly be commanding a unit.
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(I assume there were chutes or something involved, but I haven’t the least idea how coal is mined other than “pickaxe, dynamite, apply one or the other,” so don’t ask me to explain it.)
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We have a saying in Gallacia: “When the wolf bites your heart, don’t wait for him to shit,” which means, “If you’re scared of doing something, don’t put it off.”
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“It’s complicated, Fragment. Sometimes when people hurt for a long time, they start to think that hurting is part of who they are. And then anything that helps the hurt, even healing, feels like it’s trying to strip part of them away.”
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My last thought before I lost consciousness was that if there were any girls around, they’d be really, really impressed.