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"This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's rosebushes."
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"Frostpine made a face. Lifting the cup, he dumped its contents down his throat. "Auugghh! he yelled, his voice stronger than it had been since his return from the harbor. "Are you trying to kill me, woman?""If I mean to kill someone, I do it," Rosethorn told him. "I don't try."
"Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside."
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