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"It is not the role of an empress to be liked, provided they are obeyed."
"Maybe you'd feel differently about being liked if you knew how it felt."
-- opened his mouth, as if to disagree, then shut it, as if he realized he couldn't.

As usual, Abercrombie's dialogue is sharp as a knife.

Well. That was... Lame. No other word.

There are moments when Abercrombie's gift for dialogue are in full display in this book, but I am finding it a slog nevertheless.

"Whenever she went looking for something in her head, she never came out with anything she wanted. Like diving for oysters in a ... midden. Better to let it go."

"I hear you're a liar AND a thief."

"And those are just my hobbies."

Finally done with WoT and picking this back up. Remembering why I love Abercrombie. No one talks like this in real life, but who cares?