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This ain’t the Blinds. Everything out here, including the people, is worse than anything you ever seen before.”
“I’ve survived revolution, war and over a decade on this continent,” the Burgrave reflected. “But by all the ghosts of the hundred emperors, I think fatherhood will finally do me in.”
“‘What a trial it is to submit to the whim of fools.’”
“You were always such a cold child,” she said. “So distant from the other girls. When you went off to join Exceptional Initiatives, I must confess to a certain trepidation as to what I might have unleashed upon the world.”
Action is the antidote to fear.
“‘True change has never been bloodless.’”
War is a storm, lad. With a good crew and a good ship, maybe you can ride it out. But there’s never been a ship didn’t take a battering in a storm.
“Here’s to the Contract,” Skaggerhill said, raising his beer in a salute. “And those lost on the way.”
Arberus gave a tired nod before straightening and moving away, casting a tirade of profanity-laden Varsal at his near-spent men. “Stand up, you shit-eaters! This look like a fucking holiday to you, does it? You, pick up that rifle or I’ll find a place for it in your arse!”
