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"Otherwise known as a butterfly knife. [...] I give code names to all the mercenary groups under my command. Yours is engraved on the side."

[...] Queen Sulfur. The endangered butterfly species [...] The one that could grow huge if it survived to adulthood.

[aw jeez after the great "most caterpillars die" lines we are actually gonna do the trans butterfly metaphor?]

"Branches don't just come with training. They come from personal epiphanies. And true epiphany is action. To grow your codex, you must grow as a person. [...] Magic isn't power. Magic isn't control," he said. "Magic is the art of changing yourself."

"On that day," said Adam, "I had just two shillings and a pencil."

[yep, definitely evil Harry]

This would have been my life without my ousting. Hosting events with Samuel. Drawing eyeballs like moths to a flame, devouring their attention. Shaping the arc of history like a knife carving meat.

[PLEASE GOD WHERE ARE YOU EDITOR -- this prose would be totally workable if somebody, anybody was giving line-level feedback, providing any pushback on the busted similes]