| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 30 | 121 | The delivery of a mortal blow View more quotes about seldom">seldom occurs, and would almost certainly be an accident, given the implicit understandings involved. |
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| 30 | 118 | The "Fencing Matches" are "First Blood" matches. |
| 30 | 119 | Professional swordsmen are not interested in killing one another, but defeating one another, outdoing one another, particularly with style and grace. |
| 30 | 120 | The winner is the first to draw blood, as adjudicated by the judges on the sand. |
| 30 | 121 | The delivery of a mortal blow seldom occurs, and would almost certainly be an accident, given the implicit understandings involved. |
| 30 | 122 | The "Blood Matches" and the "Challenge Matches" may be either "First Blood" or "Last Blood" matches. |
| 30 | 123 | "Last Blood" matches are duels to the death. |
| 30 | 124 | The colors of the Gambles of Blades are red and yellow, red for blood, yellow for gold. |