[ the bug inches along, tiny feet bristling; blind to the world. isaac fishes in a pocket. ]
There are those who benefitted of the Circles — I stand among them. Were it not for the Chantry, I should be dead several times over. That isn’t enough.
To judge the Circles by their kindnesses is to excuse their abuses. I speak beyond the moral: There are ever those who would back themselves into a cage, as though good behavior will protect them. But what we permit will be used against us.
Tranquility cannot be so bad, after all. Montsimmard only made them of the willing.
[ he comes up with a cigarette, a thumb to spark. ]
I'm lecturing. You spoke of a library, and the similarities are striking; I would not have someone dangle the hope of home before you.
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[ the bug inches along, tiny feet bristling; blind to the world. isaac fishes in a pocket. ]
There are those who benefitted of the Circles — I stand among them. Were it not for the Chantry, I should be dead several times over. That isn’t enough.
To judge the Circles by their kindnesses is to excuse their abuses. I speak beyond the moral: There are ever those who would back themselves into a cage, as though good behavior will protect them. But what we permit will be used against us.
Tranquility cannot be so bad, after all. Montsimmard only made them of the willing.
[ he comes up with a cigarette, a thumb to spark. ]
I'm lecturing. You spoke of a library, and the similarities are striking; I would not have someone dangle the hope of home before you.