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1 " But what if---Most of what if never happens. "
― Ruth Downie , Persona Non Grata (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #3)
2 " Do you know what emperors do, Tilla?'That was easy. 'Send soldiers to steal the land and make us pay taxes. "
3 " Now I have seen what peace is like, I understand why you come to Britannia. "
4 " Do you know what emperors do, Tilla?'That was easy. 'Send soldiers to steal the land and make us pay taxes.''They spend half their waking hours listening to people who want things. As, it seems, do gods. Maybe it wasn't as much of a transition as everyone thought. "
5 " Ruso, perched on the edge of Gnostus's operating table, looked the stringy youth up and down and wondered if young men were getting stupider or whether he had been just as much of a fool at that age. "