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City Spies

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“One day this will end. In liberation, in peace, or in eradication at a scale so overwhelming it resets history. It’ll end when sanctions pile up high enough, or the political cost of occupation and apartheid proves debilitating. When finally there is no other means of preserving self-interest but to act, the powerful will act. The same people who did the killing and financed the killing and justified the killing and turned away from the killing will congratulate themselves on doing the right thing. It is very important to do the right thing, eventually.”

“Your realm is an insane place. In Volaria, no-one goes hungry, slaves are no use when they starve. Those freeborn too lazy or lacking in intelligence to turn sufficient profit to feed themselves are made slaves so they can generate wealth for those deserving of freedom, and be fed in return. Here, your people are chained by their freedom, free to starve and beg from the rich. It's disgusting.”

“The violent and arrogant man builds a house of sand, thinking it will stand forever. But the tides of justice will wear it down, and the winds of consequence will blow it away. He will lose everything he holds dear: loved ones, family, friends, and even his own dignity. And when he falls, as he surely will, he will find that no one is there to lift him up, for he has spent his life tearing others down.”