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| 23 | 210 | Some, before the View more quotes about hunt">hunt, would use a woman, briefly, ruthlessly, unfeelingly, leaving her shuddering, crumpled, and broken, sobbing, at their feet, before honing the selected blade, one of six, before painting the dagger on their forehead, that crowds might part uneasily before them, that taverns might fall silent, that children might flee, that men might bolt their doors. |
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| 23 | 207 | I recalled that those of the dark caste, the caste of Assassins, were often sober fellows, often denying themselves much of what most prized as giving meaning to life. |
| 23 | 208 | Theirs was a narrow, dark life. |
| 23 | 209 | Few held slaves. |
| 23 | 210 | Some, before the hunt, would use a woman, briefly, ruthlessly, unfeelingly, leaving her shuddering, crumpled, and broken, sobbing, at their feet, before honing the selected blade, one of six, before painting the dagger on their forehead, that crowds might part uneasily before them, that taverns might fall silent, that children might flee, that men might bolt their doors. |
| 23 | 211 | For whom is the dagger painted? Seldom did those of the dark caste drink ka-la-na or paga. |
| 23 | 212 | The eye must be sharp, the senses acute, the hand steady. |
| 23 | 213 | The hunt must be cold, passionless, rational, deliberate, relentless. |