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Why did Mother ask you to help me rescue Gelsi?" I asked Leif."She thought I could assist you in some way. Instead, I had tried to-"" Kill me? You can join the 'I Want to Kill Yelena Guild.' I hear they have sixmembers in good standing. Valek is president since he had wanted to kill me twice."-- Yelena to LeifMaria V. Snyder
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Another relative?" Valek asked. A broad smile stretched Moon Man's lips. "Yes. I am her mother's uncle's wife'sthird cousin."-- Valek and Moon ManMaria V. Snyder
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Your fear remains strong. You are not ready to face your story, preferring instead to surround yourself with knots. Someday, they will strangle you.Maria V. Snyder
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Fear causes the dog to bite and Roze was one bitch.Maria V. Snyder
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Pushing magic toward the candle, I willed it to light. Nothing happened. Irys made a strangled sound and the candle burned. “Are you directing your magic to the candle?”“ Yes. WMaria V. Snyder
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They were my family, yet they were strangers.Maria V. Snyder
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Don't judge what you don't know.Maria V. Snyder
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Good food, fresh water, and an occasional sweet and someone to care for. That's what everyone should have. A simplistic and unrealistic view I knew, but it soothed me.Maria V. Snyder
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Living is a risk, ' I snapped at him. 'Every decision, every interaction, every step, every time you get out of bed in the morning, you take a risk. To survive is to know you're taking that risk and to not get out of bed clutching illusions of safety.Maria V. Snyder
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Of course, you didn't want our help. Now I have to go beat up some soldier just to keep my ego intact.Maria V. Snyder
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Fourteen years without a mother had me believe I could be stoic when I finally met her.Maria V. Snyder
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I mulled over the implications and decided not to waste my time worrying about what everyone else thought, or to bother attempting to change their perceptions. My time at the Keep was just a stopover. Let them wonder.Maria V. Snyder