Though this motion for a new trial is an application to the discretion of the Court, it must be remembered that the discretion to be exercised on such an occasion is not a wild but a sound discretion, and to be confined within those limits within which an honest man, competent to discharge the duties of his office, ought to confine himself. And that discretion will be best exercised by not deviating from the rules laid down by our predecessors; for the practice of the Court forms the law of the Court.
Sherrilyn KenyonThe only person on this ship who gets paid for what they do is you, Alix. The rest of us live off our trust funds and we use those funds for our humanitarian missions. I do what I do because I canโt stand to see innocent people bullied by a corrupt government. I donโt want to see a baby starve and die because some fat politician wants to work its parents into the ground for a mineral most of them canโt even pronounce. (Devyn)
Sherrilyn KenyonWhat about when theyโre hibernating? (Leta) The coyotes get them. (Aiden) Well, then, I guess you need to go ahead and shoot me and get it over with. The coyotes are probably starving in this weather. (Leta)
Sherrilyn KenyonIโve been around a lot of wraiths, and he doesnโt feel like that either, though. Itโs a strange sensation. Like human wrapped in evil.โ โ Caleb โOh, great. Our coach is a pig-in-the-blanket for Satan.โ โ Nick
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