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1 " If you do not capitulate to me here, I will exterminate you and all you have ever loved as easily as I exterminate rats!”At that, King Joyse looked over at Prince Kragen. Mock-seriously, he said, “Come, my lord Prince. This discussion is pointless. The High King insists on jesting with us. In all the world, no one has ever succeeded at exterminating rats. "
― Stephen R. Donaldson , Mordant's Need (Mordant's Need, #1-2)
2 " King Joyse’s men were vulnerable to toys which threw rocks. "
3 " Your mother would break my pate if she knew how I risked you.""Father," Myste replied like a sun, "all children must be risked. Mother knows that. How else are we to discover ourselves?"King Jose and Myste (p. 908) "