“You didn’t ask us about whether it was safe to take your troops out of the locial. You told us that was what you were doing. Your assumption was that Old Earth is perfectly safe unless you’re warned. Is deep space safe? Would you drop into the sun’s photosphere because no one warned you it would incinerate you? Nothing is perfectly safe. We don’t provide warning signs to protect you from yourselves. Try to remember that.”
― Adiamante
― Adiamante
“I was my usual charming morning self, threatening blood feud with anyone fool enough to disturb my dreams.”
― The Black Company
― The Black Company
“Essentially, the mercenary sets morality aside, or at best reorders the customary structures to fit the needs of his way of life. The”
― Shadows Linger
― Shadows Linger
“A field of scarlet with nine hanged men in black and six yellow daggers in the upper left and lower right quadrants, respectively, while the upper right quandrant featured a shattered skull and the lower left boasted a bird astride a severed head. It might have been a raven. Or an eagle.”
― The Many Deaths of the Black Company
― The Many Deaths of the Black Company
“In religion, precise truth has almost no currency. True believers will kill and destroy to defend their inaccurate beliefs.”
― The Many Deaths of the Black Company
― The Many Deaths of the Black Company
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