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Assassin's Apprentice

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The sea was cold, the night was black, and if I'd had any sense, I'd have wished myself elsewhere; but there is something in a boy that takes the mundanely difficult and unpleasant and turns it into a personal challenge and an adventure.
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Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.
Burrich

For it is said, one may ask of the Elderlings, but the answer they give may not be to the question you ask, but to the one you should have asked.
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He had hoped it would goad Brashen into fury. Anger he could deal with better than this deep melancholy. To deal with anger, all you had to do was shout back louder than your opponent. Instead, he felt himself the horrible lurch of Brashen´s heart.

Paragon in "Ship of Destiny"