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"The Pax?"

"No Sh not nar?"

"If that’s its naift to the Julii for betraying Augustus"

"Saw it in the Citadel’s arena once--scary as soht be an Obsidian, but he’s still aDon’t forget that"

"You treat your own servants kindly I expect you to treat mine the same"

"I treat people kindly Pinks, Browns, Reds are people Your Ragnar is a weapon"

"He chose me Tools don’t choose"

"Have it your way, but know the consequences" Lorn shrugs andfurther under his breath

"Say what you want to say"

"You’re going to fall into trouble because you believe that exceptions to the rule ood simply because he says he can or si Men do not change That is why I killed the Rath boy Learn the lesson now, so you don’t have to learn it with a knife in your back later The Colors exist for a reason Reputations exist for a reason"

For the first time, he seems small and old to me It’s not his wrinkles It’s what he says He is a relic Thoughts like his belong to the age I a to destroy He can’t help what he believes He’s not seen what I’ve seen He’s not come frouide hirew up in a Society where love and trust are as scarce as grass in the desert But he’s alanted both He’s like a row into trees, only for his neighbors to cut theoes well, I will give hiht me once, Lorn I’m a better e Sometimes they have to fall Soain my feet "Before you die, you’ll realize it was a ave hinar lying on the ground in the freezer unit, at hohtening angles of his tattooed body Runes everywhere Protection over his back Malice over hands Mother over his throat Father over his feet Sister behind his ears The nar," I say, sitting "Not much for company, are you?"

He shakes his head, the white ponytail curls on the floor Eyes like stains of pitch stare atSecond eyes, tattoos on the backs of his eyelids, are strange, pupils like those of a dragon or a snake, so that when he blinks, his ani hi how to say what I want to say Obsidians are theme stains, you are bound to me What does that mean to you?"

"It means I obey"

"Unconditionally?" He does not answer "If I asked you to kill your sister or your brother?"