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“As stockpiles grew, as computers reduced human involvement, the spectre of accidental apocalypse stalked ever closer.”

“Perhaps, instead of measuring the feathered tufts surmounting its ears, we should speculate on what those ears may have heard. Perhaps when considering the manner in which it grips its branch… we should allow ourselves to pause for a moment, and acknowledge that these same claws must once have drawn blood from the shoulder of Pallas.”

“I tread a lurching timber world, a reeking salt-caked hell; and yet, perhaps, no worse a world than yours where bishops stroll through charnel yards with pomanders to smell; where vile men thrive and love crawls on all fours.”