Fortunately, where reason failed, blind panic served well enough.

We worship Him not because He is the best of our gods, but because He is, or was, the greatest killer among them.

Funny thing, employment. If you keep doing it, you keep getting paid.

You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I tire of your whining.

I am not as I once was. They have done this to me, broken me open and torn out my heart. I do not know who I am anymore. I must try to remember.

It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre.

If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.