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“Congratulations, Amastan," said a voice from the darkness. "You've passed. Now stop being ridiculous and come down from there.”
― The Perfect Assassin
― The Perfect Assassin
“I am Yufit Uzbamen, son of Hennu ma Saman.”
― The Perfect Assassin
― The Perfect Assassin
“Asaf-
I recognize that's not your true name, but you will always be Asaf to me-- the overly earnest server, not the murderer. Yet how much of a murderer can you be when you saved me from the jaan, not just when you thought I was innocent, but when you knew I had killed family of yours?
Your adherence to the law is admirable, but it does not erase the blood on your family's hands. What you are is wrong, what you do is wrong, and no amount of recasting your role or your name will change that.
But perhaps you are right in one respect: it's time to let the past go. I did what I could, and while I failed to stop the Serpent, further action on my part would be foolish. I choose to believe that your strong sense of justice will prevail among your kind and that you will emerge as their natural leader, even if I cannot believe in what you do.
By the time you receive this note, I will be gone from Ghadid. I don't see a life for me here anymore. Don't look for me. I couldn't tell you all of this in my own voice because I feared I would not be able to leave. If G-d is kind, we will meet again in another future and another existence. If G-d is kind, we won't meet again as we are now. I fear I would not withstand it.
You said once that even monsters think they're right. Perhaps we are both right.
Perhaps we are both monsters.
May G-d light your darkness,
Yufit”
― The Perfect Assassin
I recognize that's not your true name, but you will always be Asaf to me-- the overly earnest server, not the murderer. Yet how much of a murderer can you be when you saved me from the jaan, not just when you thought I was innocent, but when you knew I had killed family of yours?
Your adherence to the law is admirable, but it does not erase the blood on your family's hands. What you are is wrong, what you do is wrong, and no amount of recasting your role or your name will change that.
But perhaps you are right in one respect: it's time to let the past go. I did what I could, and while I failed to stop the Serpent, further action on my part would be foolish. I choose to believe that your strong sense of justice will prevail among your kind and that you will emerge as their natural leader, even if I cannot believe in what you do.
By the time you receive this note, I will be gone from Ghadid. I don't see a life for me here anymore. Don't look for me. I couldn't tell you all of this in my own voice because I feared I would not be able to leave. If G-d is kind, we will meet again in another future and another existence. If G-d is kind, we won't meet again as we are now. I fear I would not withstand it.
You said once that even monsters think they're right. Perhaps we are both right.
Perhaps we are both monsters.
May G-d light your darkness,
Yufit”
― The Perfect Assassin
“Amastan would be the perfect assassin.”
― The Perfect Assassin
― The Perfect Assassin
“He hit the railing at the wrong angle. Heat and wind and hot iron buffeted him. Lifting him up. Over. Down.
He fell.”
― The Perfect Assassin
He fell.”
― The Perfect Assassin
“Divine justice is written in blood.”
― The Perfect Assassin
― The Perfect Assassin
“He set the glass down. A breeze circled the room like a snake from his open window.
His window shouldn't have been open.
A knife met his throat.
"G-d's greeting, Asaf," said Yufit in his ear. "Or should I say: Amastan Basbowen.”
― The Perfect Assassin
His window shouldn't have been open.
A knife met his throat.
"G-d's greeting, Asaf," said Yufit in his ear. "Or should I say: Amastan Basbowen.”
― The Perfect Assassin
“Tamella held up a hand and the grumbling subsided. "I know you're all disappointed that there's no contracts now that you're ready. You might be wondering what the point of all of this was, all the training, the tests, the rules, if you'd never get to apply your skills. Why bother, right?"
She paused and waited. They nodded, one by one, Azulay last.
"We're not here for us," she continued. "We're here for Ghadid. As long as Ghadid needs us, we'll keep training new assassins. The contracts are relatively recent in the history of our family. We've persisted through worse. But one thing has stayed constant: Ghadid will always need us. So this may be your last official lesson, but I want you to keep practising. Keep honing your skills. If not for ourselves, then for the next generation. Ghadid will need us again. And we'll be ready.”
― The Perfect Assassin
She paused and waited. They nodded, one by one, Azulay last.
"We're not here for us," she continued. "We're here for Ghadid. As long as Ghadid needs us, we'll keep training new assassins. The contracts are relatively recent in the history of our family. We've persisted through worse. But one thing has stayed constant: Ghadid will always need us. So this may be your last official lesson, but I want you to keep practising. Keep honing your skills. If not for ourselves, then for the next generation. Ghadid will need us again. And we'll be ready.”
― The Perfect Assassin
