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“I’m becoming increasingly concerned. Also, I’m talking to myself a lot. I’m sure that’s fine and definitely not a defence mechanism to stave off panic.”
“None,” Jason shouted. “I was taken out multiple times by a guy with a shovel. I am very bad at fighting.”
“Feels normal.” “Most people find having their aura suppressed to be supremely unnerving,” Farrah said. “It leaves them feeling vulnerable and exposed.” “Yeah, I noticed that.” “I thought you said it feels normal?” “That is normal,”
“Turns out booze is poison,” Gary said. “I’m not going to stop drinking it, but it makes you think.”
Thadwick isn’t inherently evil, but he’s part of a system that tells him he deserves more than other people, just for being born.
“What happened to bros before hoes?” Jason called out over the blasting air of the propulsion ring. “I don’t know what that means,” Humphrey called back, “but it feels like I should respect you less for having said it.”
“I’d rather fight monsters than bureaucrats,”
“Breakfast the next morning is my signature move,” Jason said. “It’s how I convince people they haven’t made a horrible mistake.”
“You are a beacon of luminous delight in a dark sea of obligation,” he said and gave her a gentle kiss.
A feat of magical engineering,
It was beautiful but also gave a sense of hidden dangers. It was odd to see on a man doing the washing up.
“A responsibility isn’t just a responsibility so long as it’s convenient,” Jason said. “I can live with burning bridges, if the bridges are rotten.
That fleeting confusion was all too costly as four metal arms pierced into Farrah’s body like spears. Neither Farrah’s blade nor her armour was enough to block them, one of which buried itself in her head. Farrah’s corpse was still falling to the ground as Danielle recovered and attacked.
“No,” Emir said softly, moving to place a hand on his shoulder. “She died as well as any of us could ask. Comrades behind her, enemies in front of her and friends beside her.”
“Have you not met people?” Danielle asked. “We love choosing ignorance.
Still trying to get the circle right, Jason had to stop. His vision was swimming with tears as he remembered Farrah instructing him on his very first magic circle. “I was just thinking about when we summoned my familiar,” he said. “Remember how we snuck off to the other side of the manor so Anisa wouldn’t find us?”
They started sorting through everything, the accumulation of a life.
“I would hold off unless you have a goal beyond yelling at her,” Jason said. “Don’t muddy the waters unless muddy water is useful to you.”
you need to work on making enemies of your own rank.
