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“We hated ourselves for what we were made to do but we couldn't live with that hate, so we made it a hate of you, for being too weak to defend all that beauty." He was silent for a long while, and she put her arm around his shoulders. " And we enjoyed it , of course. Like the Kinslayer knew we would, like he'd primed us to because if you hate yourself enough and hate others enough, then doing terrible things to them becomes your only pastime, your only pleasure because in the moment where you wrack them with fire or slip their blade behind their eyeball, you have control, and that means something. It means something when the kinslayer is your master, and that's the only control you'll ever have.”

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Redemption's Blade

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Adrian Tchaikovsky
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky, born on June 14, 1972, is a British author known for his works in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. His writing is highly regarded for its deep themes and rich imagination, appealing to both readers and critics. more

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