‘You gave them a headache. Well done you. But you are, in the end, expendable. All of you. Losing you would be a minor setback, but the imperial project involves more than a few scholars. And it will span more than a few decades. This nation is trying to achieve what no other civilization has done throughout history, and if mowing you down means a temporary delay, then they’ll do it. They’ll train new translators.’ ‘They won’t,’ said Robin. ‘No one will work for them after this.’ Letty scoffed. ‘Of course they will. We knew very well what they were up to, didn’t we? They told us on the very
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