“ | June the 28th, once again. | „ |
“ | Endowed from birth with wealth and talent. A life of ease, comfort and delight stretches ahead like an amber carpet. | „ |
“ | I am an Inspector in the capital's police, charged with the investigation of the most vile and wretched things that one human does to another. | „ |
“ | As the patient descended into the final delirium, I made copious notes. In the buzzing heat of the night, I re-read those notes, and they began, at last, to make a kind of sense. | „ |
“ | The one who shaped us has ascended to a higher state... in one history, at least. The past is uncertain. But I will tend the crucible for their next ascension. | „ |
“ | The Illuminated One waits in the House of the Sun - waits to rise higher. I am their hand. | „ |
“ | The one who nourished us has ascended to a higher state... in one history, at least. The past is uncertain. But I will prepare the feast for their next ascension. | „ |
“ | I am young and I am strong and for a time yet I will be beautiful. | „ |
“ | In visions have I seen St Agnes. I have learnt not to speak of the form she takes. | „ |
“ | Everyone knows that I speak with the dead. I have been called a prophet, and a ghoul. I have no reason to disabuse them of their illusions. | „ |
“ | No-one steals from a reckoner lord. And yet, I did. I had my reasons. | „ |