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Rock Climbing
“
How are you not winded,' he panted, hauling himself onto the flat top.
I shoved back the hair that had torn free of my braid to whip my face. 'I trained.'
'I gathered that much after you took on Dagdan and walked away from it.'
'I had the element of surprise on my side.'
'No,' Lucien said quietly as I reached for a foothold in the next boulder. 'That was all you.' My nails barked as I dug my fingers into the rock and heaved myself up. Lucien added. 'You had my back- with them, with Ianthe. T
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― A Court of Wings and Ruin
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
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The point, of course, is that the people who spent days and sweated buckets could also have taken an aircraft to the summit if all they’d wanted was to absorb the view. It is the struggle that they crave. The sense of achievement is produced by the route to and from the peak, not by the peak itself. It is just the fold between the pages.” The avatar hesitated. It put its head a little to one side and narrowed its eyes. “How far do I have to take this analogy, Cr. Ziller?”.
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― Look to Windward
― Look to Windward
