"This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration."

Tactics, Enemy, Action, Violence, Revenge

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"This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration."

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"I look around briefly at the other players like I always do before a game. Other than Queenie, Bill, and Talon, I don't know any of them (and I don't care enough about them to know them). But if there's going to be any cordiality, any forced politeness or 'Aw, shucks, let's all just try to have a good time here tonight' kind of blather, then now's the time to get it out of the way before I get down to the business of screwing everyone out of their hopes and dreams."

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