Oh, measure it all out! Acceptable levels of misery and suffering! ' The cane swung down, thumped hard on the ground. 'Acceptable? Who the fuck says any level is acceptable? What sort of mind thinks that?' Karsa grinned, 'Why, a civilized one.'' Indeed! ' Shadowthrone turned to Cotillion. 'And you doubted this one! Steven Erikson
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This is a story of a woman who was suffering from a great pain and suffering, she was suffering from the pain and suffering and she could not bear this pain and suffering and by which she was suffering and it made her cry and cry and cry again. Karsa: "Oh, measure it all out! Acceptable levels of misery and suffering!" Cotillion: "The cane swung down, thumped hard on the ground. 'Acceptable? Who the fuck says any level is acceptable? What sort of mind thinks that?" Karsa: "Why, a civilized one." Shadowthrone: "Indeed!" Cotillion: "You need to understand that we live in a civilized world, where we can talk about pain and suffering without being punished for it. We can discuss the different levels of pain and suffering." Karsa: "Oh, measure it all out! Acceptable levels of misery and suffering!" Cotillion: "The cane swung down, thumped hard on the ground. 'Acceptable? Who the fuck says any level is acceptable? What sort of mind thinks that?" Karsa: "Why, a civilized one." Shadowthrone: "Indeed!"

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