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1 " It was like setting up a guillotine in the public square.You don't expect a thousand people to line up to put their heads in it. "
2 " I think I'll accept the challenge to battle. I can choose the terms, right? And I don't have the faintest idea how to 'prevent' a revolution. Besides, as far as I know, revolutions can get out of hand. Remember the German revolution, with the guillotine?" Derna smirked. " German revolution? Guillotine? The guillotine was used in the French revolution. Nice try, little brother." " I'm actually impressed he knew what a guillotine was," commented Armen, deadpan.I glared at the two of them. Typical big sisters. They'd just ruined my chance to show off my knowledge. "
3 " So many of the things I invented I honestly did for fun, out of some perverse game of whether or not they’d work, whether people would use them. I mean, it was like setting up a guillotine in the public square. You don’t expect a thousand people to line up to put their heads in it "
4 " 'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh. "
