It is easier to confront a threat as a mass, a group, not individuals who must be evaluated one by one.
Cassandra ClareDo you remember when we stood together on Blackfriars Bridge?โ he asked softly, and his eyes were like that night had been, all black and silver. โOf course I remember.โ โIt was the moment I first knew I loved you,โ Jem said. โI will make you a promise. Every year, Tessa, on one day, I will meet you on that bridge. I will come from the Silent City and I will meet you, and we will be together, if only for an hour. But you must tell no one.
Cassandra ClareYou may be right. I think it was round about Christmas when I got my Welsh dragon tattoo.โ At that, Tessa had to try very hard not to blush. โHow did that happen?โ Will made an airy gesture with his hand. โI was drunkโฆโ โNonsense. You were never really drunk.โ โOn the contraryโin order to learn how to pretend to be inebriated, once must become inebriated at least once, as a reference point. Six-Fingered Nigel had been at the mulled ciderโโ โYou canโt mean thereโs truly a Six-Fingered Nigel?
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