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#1. Sicarius had the personality of a particularly bland, pointy stick.
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#2. His hair stuck up more than usual, but he was otherwise neat in his typical black. If they lived through the mission, she decided to buy him an obnoxiously cheerful shirt. Something in sunflower yellow, perhaps.
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#3. I didn't faint, I passed out in a manly way," Sespian muttered.
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#4. Boss, it's not right to joke around about a man's ... Did you call it a peeper?
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#5. Some men brought women flowers. Sicarius chose not to kill people. The latter seemed a tad more momentous.
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#6. You didn't think you'd find a Science-savvy mercenary team in the empire without a few eccentricities, did you? Amaranthe asked.
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#7. Sicarius wore his usual guess-my-thoughts-if-you-can-mask, though she sensed he did not approve.
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#8. Is that a page from the dastardly villain's diary?" Maldynado asked. "One carelessly dropped that conveniently reveals the secret to destroying these vile artifacts?" "It's an invoice." "Villains get bills?
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#9. What is it, you ask?" Kali said, trying to cover her surprise with nonchalant words. "I haven't thought of a name yet. Got any ideas?"
"Shit," the pirate said, said of. The gag made elocution difficult.
"That wouldn't impress anyone at the patent office.
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#11. You're not - " "Fast enough? Strong enough? Agile enough?" She did not necessarily disagree, but she wanted him to have faith she could do this. "Expendable," Sicarius said.
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#12. I've learned that reputation is a truth others concoct to serve their own needs. Genuine truth is revealed in one's actions, actions performed under duress without the time to calculate how they'll make one appear in the world's eyes.
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#14. Women like to make up rules to befuddle you ... it's part of living in their world. Get used to it.
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#15. A normal man would be more solicitous if he got a pretty young woman in a private cabin with him.
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#16. My husband," Amaranthe said.
"Really! I would have guessed bodyguard."
Yes, even without visible weapons, he had that aura.
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#17. Just so I'm clear ... you thought a brothel would be a suitable place to host a birthday party for a woman?
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#18. Don't question luck," Amaranthe muttered. "It might get offended by your lack of appreciation and leave you behind.
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#19. One never knows when one might have to defend against ... " Bounty hunters? Soldiers? Enforcers? "Opossums.
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#20. Basilard, can you cover our trail?
Basilard rubbed his head dubiously. Maldynado, Books, and Akstyr leave trail like marching army.
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#21. That came out of one of the men's pockets, didn't it?" "Bald and Stubby, yeah." "Nice of you to create such respectful names for the corpses,
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#22. Why, Sicarius, is it possible you have a playful side beneath your razor-edged knives, severe black clothing and humourless glares?
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#23. I don't know why you'd want to kill Maldynado, when it's clear you'd make fabulous hat-shopping buddies.
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#24. Before noon, they would be back in the city, the night's events like a dream. No, she though, too real for that. A memory.
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#25. The two men flashed edged smiles at each other, reminding Amaranthe of circling wolves, albeit extremely well-dressed wolves.
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#26. No, no." Amaranthe lifted a hand. "You needn't let me know you think my idea has promise. It's been nearly three months since the last time I almost got myself killed, so I'm brimming with self-confidence. I don't need bolstering.
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#27. You're inviting us to the rooftop populated with the people the gangs are after?" Deret hollered.
"Given that we're planning ways to collapse your rooftop onto the makarovi milling in the factory, we thought you'd find it a more appealing perch.
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#28. She let Sicarius lead since he had that knack for getting people to move out of his way without doing anything. Amaranthe, on the other hand, received elbows in the ribs or suggestive jostles from drunken men. Maybe she should try wearing all black and glaring more often.
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#29. So, he had helped her because he wanted her information, not out of kindness. That
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#30. He studied her, as if she were some exotic specimen of fish he'd pulled up from the lake depths and he was deciding whether to keep her or throw her back.
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#31. Is there a reason we're taking the alley?" he asked. "The air is a tad ripe out here."
"Unfriendly eyes out front."
"Enforcers?"
"A ten-year-old boy."
"Oh, yes. Terrifying."
"He's someone's spy," she said.
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#32. Amaranthe cleared her throat. Enough girl talk. There are enemy cabins full of dastardly old ladiesthat we must infiltrate.
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#33. Sure, you want me to be able to heal you if wolves attack again, right?"
"Won't you find that hard to do if you're here, and I'm five miles up the trail, bleeding to death?
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#34. You look concerned." Books turned the wheel to screw down the press. "It's my new normative state," Amaranthe said.
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#35. Well, I'm freezing. Either one of us is going to have to check or we'll have to start cuddling."
Sicarius climbed the ladder.
"There's something wrong with a man who chooses to face death over cuddling with a woman.
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#36. She decided to forgo her ambitions of creating a cohesive unit. An occasionally functional one with tendencies towards violence seemed more within reach.
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#37. Why, I'm going to infiltrate Forge, of course. Amaranthe smiled and waited for a response. It seemed she hadn't lost her knack for stunning groups of men when announcing her schemes.
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#38. Unlike you, I don't intentionally bore myself with tedious information,
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#39. The Wharf Street part stood out for a different reason. She
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#40. Er, she hated it when she was trying to be morally superior and someone pointed out that her idea was only slightly less sketchy.
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#41. Heal her." Sicarius forced Akstyr to his knees at Amaranthe's side. Sicarius did not say "or else." He did not have to. The threat hung in the air, as dense as the fog.
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#42. You better not be dead. This team is already overflowing with ankle spankers. I was looking forward to having more women around."
Yara's eyelids fluttered open. She blinked a few times, focused on him, and frowned.
"Ankle spanker? The only thing you've got that'll reach that far is your ego.
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#43. What positions are kings supposed to put themselves in?"
"Padded rooms without windows or pointy objects, if my staff had its druthers."
"No pointy objects at all?" Kaika quirked an eyebrow. "Doesn't sound like much fun.
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#44. Are you sure you're not looking for an excuse to stay in the smokestack with me?"
"If we attempt to check on the weapons now, in daylight, we may be spotted."
"Don't worry. You don't have to say it. I know." Amarante patted him on the chest. "It was good for me too.
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#45. A hint of annoyance hardened Sicarius's dark eyes, and Books imagined him thinking, I can't leave for five minutes without you getting into trouble ...
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#46. Then I guess Sicarius will have to follow you around all night, hovering over your shoulder while you eat. Breathing down your neck. Sharing your salad. Hogging your croutons.
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#47. Sitting in the shadows, with a killer, in an empty building, gazing at the corpse of another killer. When had her life grown so strange?
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#48. That doesn't mean they're not still angling for something. The most charitable people in the world are choosing altruism, not because it's a noble endeavor, but because being noble fulfills a need within them.
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#49. Only Sicarius would bring all his weapons to the smooching corner of the Imperial Gardens.
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#50. Victory!? There is no victory in war! War takes everything and gives nothing! I only wish my words were as destructive as you would have me believe!
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#51. A soft knock sounded. Amaranthe feared Sicarius had come to collect her for another round of training, but he didn't usually bother knocking. Or being constrained by door locks.
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#52. Amaranthe decided not to explain that it hadn't been a guess, that Sicarius reserved his ultra icy glare for those who threatened him, those who spoke disrespectfully about his son, and those who dared invite Amaranthe to picnic dinners in the park.
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#53. Someone's coming," Sicarius said. "They heard we have raccoon vomit for breakfast," Akstyr muttered.
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#54. You don't believe I'm cute enough to rescue? he asked, deadpan.
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#55. Of course, it'll be up to you to convince Ridgecrest that Sespian is the candidate he wants to side with," Amaranthe said.
"Me," Sicarius stated at the same time as Maldynado asked, "Him?"
"You three. As a group."
"That'll be a unique conversation," Yara said.
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#56. Yes," Sicarius said. "We must act alone. And soon. You may be dead by morning."
"Have I mentioned how endearing your bluntness is?
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#57. One probably should not form opinions about people based on the cleanliness of their workspace, but she promptly liked this Telnola more than Ms. Klume. Of
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#58. I wouldn't go for a swim without consulting you first. But, given your past history working for Hollowcrest and skulking around dark places, I wonder if you have any insight into these tunnels."
"Skulking?"
"Yes, is that not what assassins call it?"
"We call it working.
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#59. A realization came to Books in that moment, one that shook his beliefs even more than when he had learned magic existed: Sicarius cared.
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#60. Technically speaking, Maldynado is the better fencer. Your man is the better killer.
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#61. That this works, a woman leading five men, is a marvel.
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#62. I think ... we all have the seeds of self-destruction in our soul, but each of us gets to choose whether or not to water them.
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#63. My father used to say some families are made by shared blood and some families are made by spilled blood
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#65. I reckon if you care for someone and you can't have their love, you can either be a spiteful bastard about it or you can try your damnedest to make sure they're going to find some happiness in the world.
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#66. In his first week on the throne, he vowed to make peace with all the nations we've ever warred with, cut military spending in half, funnel the money to education, and ... oh, yes, and phase out the empire itself, instating some ridiculous people's republic with elected officials.
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#67. It's a shame you prefer to wallow in a mire of ignorance when knowledge floats by within reach," Books said. "Isn't it?
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#68. I should have said no, but if the tech half of the business got himself killed, who would update the website?
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#69. An explanation." Sicarius regarded her intently. "Clarify the situation with the emperor. I could not understand the incoherent jumble you spit out before falling unconscious.
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#70. Somehow she could not see Sicarius cuddling to share body heat. He would probably suggest pushups to stay warm.
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#71. You said nothing to me of the newspaper clippings."
"No, because you were displaying ... snippiness yesterday."
"Snippiness?" he asked.
"It's a word."
"I think not."
"I'll ask Books when we get back.
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#73. Sicarius, as usual, regarded her with the blandness of a particularly featureless rock, then walked away.
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#74. You know..." Amaranthe dumped her dust pile outside and returned to face him. "It's hard for me to maintain my vigor and enthusiasm for leading you when you do nothing but stand there and ooze disapproval at me.
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#76. Besides, how would she have gotten him to fall in? Throw a carpet over it and stand on the other side? That only worked in the old fables and to animals with the brightness of inebriated sloths.
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#77. his movements had a frantic edge to them. He must have felt challenged - if not overwhelmed - as he struggled to attack and defend at the same time against so many. She
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#79. One who has a personality that grates like glass paper should probably choose footwear sufficient for fleeing from irritated people.
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#80. Friendship is as selfish as any other relationship, perhaps more so because it masquerades as something noble. I am more comfortable with those who approach me with blades drawn.
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#81. I suppose it's human tendency to treat the people who you've wronged badly though, isn't it? Easier to dismiss them if you can pretend they're subhuman.
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#82. You can only fight one man at a time with a sword, but, with a pen, you can compose a lecture to bore legions of enemy troops to death.
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#84. That must be why we get along so fabulously," Amaranthe said. "You being the less talkative sort and me being happy to fill in the awkward silences with ... awkward un-silences." Sicarius said nothing. "Yes, just like that.
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#85. Captain, your fecal aroma is disturbing our meditation." "I
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#87. No self-respecting snoop sneaks in before midnight anyway.
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#88. Here's the plan: I'll go in and palaver while you surround them."
"Surround them," he said. "By myself.
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#89. An equally shaggy tuft of hair dangled from his chin, the classification somewhere between beard, goatee, and flower gone to seed.
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#90. Asking someone to help you commit a crime and then leaving him alive to point you out to the enforcers is foolish.
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#91. Oh, no," Maldynado said. "When I get my statue, I don't want it to be an image of me going up a squid's butt.
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#93. Colonel Ridge Zirkander had walked the hall to General Ort's office so many times he suspected his boots were responsible for the threadbare state of the drab gray carpet runner. The two privates standing guard on either side of the door were too well trained to exchange knowing smirks,
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#94. Many people make devices that can be used for good or evil. You cannot blame the blacksmith when the swords he crafts are used to kill.
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#95. Though a rational part of her mind said they needed her and would not seriously damage her, pain and terror pumped uncertainty through her heart.
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