“Are you a virgin, Clikk?...I’ve noticed you never visit the brothels when we hit the port…'
'I have standards. Women are like locks. If they give too easy, they aren’t worth the trouble. The ones that require precision, effort and clever maneuvering, are those that hold the greatest treasures.'
'True, true,' he said, 'And women are also like light. Go long enough without them and you start to go mad, to the point you contrive disturbing metaphors about women and locks.”
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Meg Merriet,
Sky Song Overture