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"But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them...Conquerors live in dead of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky".

"They're afraid because we exist. there's nothing we did to provoke their fear, other than exist. There's nothing we can do to earn their approval, except stop existing - so we can either die like they want, or laugh at their cowardice and go in with our lives."