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"Okay, turns out someone called Grace Gray is the narrator, and holds a degree in voice acting from Manchester Metropolitan University. LOVELY potential, with not a bit of skill when it comes to doing foreign accents. So bad that I'm almost tempted to DNF https://www.linkedin.com/in/thegracegray" — 13 hours, 38 min ago
"Okay, turns out someone called Grace Gray is the narrator, and holds a degree in voice acting from Manchester Metropolitan University. LOVELY potential, with not a bit of skill when it comes to doing foreign accents. So bad that I'm almost tempted to DNF https://www.linkedin.com/in/thegracegray" — 13 hours, 38 min ago
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"at about the 25% mark, this swings from an adventure, character based tale to a YA mess. And the question is raised with some ferocity: why would someone being trained in the art of seduction and feminine wiles look to a 22 year old dude for wisdom? And who would not equally equip her in the manipulation of getting OUT of situation she courted?" — Dec 28, 2025 02:52PM
"at about the 25% mark, this swings from an adventure, character based tale to a YA mess. And the question is raised with some ferocity: why would someone being trained in the art of seduction and feminine wiles look to a 22 year old dude for wisdom? And who would not equally equip her in the manipulation of getting OUT of situation she courted?" — Dec 28, 2025 02:52PM
If she told her guards to slit his throat, they would do it without hesitation. And then when she was tried for murder, as even a queen could be in Shu Han, they would give testimony against her.
“My eye fell on the sack of talints at my feet, and I reflected that now I really could just walk away with them, if I liked. Yet I decided that the odds of a solitary young criminal with a huge fortune on his person making it through a highly patrolled road that was often pestered with murderous deserters would either be slim to none or none at all. So instead of committing robbery, I made tea.”
― The Tainted Cup
― The Tainted Cup
“You want your prick gobbled up by a lurking turtle, then feel free to piss where you like,” said Malo. “It’s been so long since my prick was gobbled by anything, ma’am,” retorted Tangis, “that p’rhaps I’d not turn down a reaper-back’s kiss.”
― A Drop Of Corruption: Shadow Of Leviathan, Band 2
― A Drop Of Corruption: Shadow Of Leviathan, Band 2
“There was something wry and ironic about his face, like he knew a great many secrets and found all of them slightly ridiculous.”
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“When Ana was finally admitted, the sheer amount of smugness radiating off her was so tremendous that it drew glares from nearly everyone.”
― A Drop of Corruption
― A Drop of Corruption
“Oh, don’t bother with discretion now!” she said. “You’ve all the prudence of an inebriated cow! I’m half surprised people don’t gossip that you are a whore for hire, and I your pimp! It’d all be very amusing, if the reason for your consternation weren’t so obvious!”
― A Drop of Corruption
― A Drop of Corruption
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