Re-read Bonus
Aug. 9th, 2022 10:11 pm "At the top of the stairs they stopped, and the Reverend Daughter looked back searchingly.
She said abruptly, 'Why did you want to be a Lyctor?'
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The older woman was leaning against Protesilaus' arm. She looked extraordinarily sad, even regretful; when she caught Gideon's eye, a tiny smile tugged up the corners of her mouth, then drooped again. Eventually she said: 'I didn't want to die.'"
-- Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir She said abruptly, 'Why did you want to be a Lyctor?'
...
The older woman was leaning against Protesilaus' arm. She looked extraordinarily sad, even regretful; when she caught Gideon's eye, a tiny smile tugged up the corners of her mouth, then drooped again. Eventually she said: 'I didn't want to die.'"
The first time reading: (┬┬﹏┬┬) It’s so tragic that Dulcinea has to die!
The second time reading: AUGHSNGFGNGHHHHH