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red-sea-itinerary · 2 years ago

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People as weapons in the Lion Hunters series - some quotes

"I had striven so to create him, this living weapon against my brother. ... Have I not sent him off to do my bidding, trained him in poison, tutored him in the art of fear? Have I not twisted and torqued his stubborn loyalty to his father with a tormented loyalty to me?" - "No Human Hands to Touch"

"[Artos] laughed a little at my fervor and said, 'I also ask a favor: that you try to impart to Lleu something of your own wisdom. ... He needs to be crafted and straightened, like an arrow, and set in the right direction. My marksman, see if you can make him worthy of his name.'" - The Winter Prince

"[Turunesh] laid her spindle in her lap. 'Princess, what other weapon do you have? I cannot condemn you. I would do the same for my kingdom, if I had to.'" - A Coalition of Lions

"Abreha said, 'I felt that Caleb had saved Priamos to send me at the last, to be his final, surest weapon against me. ... I did consider how unfavorable a light my kindness would cast over [him]. ... How better to destroy a sword without breaking it, than to blunt its edge?'" - A Coalition of Lions

"Telemakos raised his head, elated and somewhat choked with mirth as he considered the trail of havoc he could leave on his way through Abreha's kingdom, wielding his own scorched, living skin as a weapon of unchallenged power." - The Empty Kingdom

#YEAH #there are definitely more and i cut some pieces out but aaaahhh #love it #the winter prince #a coalition of lions #no human hands to touch #the empty kingdom #elizabeth wein #I love the Caleb parallels with Morgause/Abreha/that vein #they run so deep but we meet him so briefly #and Goewin respects him a lot and his wisdom is exactly what she needs #but Candake and constantine and Abreha have so much to say about him #also I didn’t catch the Turunesh one about Telemakos until recently and OOH #she uses the word!#there’s a WP quote where Medraut says the same thing as the first Nhhtt sentence #I skipped it because it was redundant but it’s meaningful that she told him/he knows it that explicitly #weapons

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