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Cons
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It would be years before she understood the technique he'd used to draw her in. The quicksand of cons, transitioning from having something small on someone to having them over a barrel. You start with blackmail. A little thing, maybe, so long as a person would put in some effort to make it go away. Maybe they would be willing to swipe something for you, fudge some numbers, change a grade, take a little cash out of the till, whatever. But that's when they were sunk. Because if they gave in, they
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― Book of Night
― Book of Night
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To sit down means to calm down without rush and fuss, stop and reflect, analyze all pros and cons, count all possible merits and faults
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