The longer we wait,
the stronger they become.
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you won't make many allies.
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Who were your ancestors, the once who made your family rich?
Fancy lads in silk?
They were fucking cutthroats.
That's how all the great houses started, isn't it?
With a hard bastard who was good at killing people.
Kill a few hundred people, they make you a lord.
Kill a few thousand people, they make you king.
And then your cocksucking grandsons can ruin the family with their cocksucking ways.
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Every good ruler needs to inspire a bit of fear.
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It's not a secret anymore.
It's information.
If a handful of people know now, hundreds will know soon.
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