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“I don’t need rest, I’m fueled by spite.”
― Martha Wells, Witch King

“ART-drone said, Your performance reliability level had a .05 percent spike. ART has been monitoring me due to redacted. Which is a whole thing, I don’t know, I don’t want to talk about it.”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

“Chuuya was hanging from the wall in that room. He was held up by his wrists which were tied up with thick barbed wire that pierced his skin like a wild beast sinking its teeth into its prey. His feet barely managed to touch the floor.

His shirt had been removed, revealing the bleeding holes left by the bullets. The two deepest holes were in his chest and stomach and had large stakes stuck inside them. These stakes were connected to the ceiling with a chain that carried an electric current shock through them.

Chuuya screamed. The smell of burnt flesh tickled his nose.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“i was trying not to think about all the ways i'd screwed up and what might happen next, a future that was bound to include even more creative screw-ups on my part.”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy