[once he's ditched you. There's a phrase to coil in Rincewind's stomach like a tapeworm. He stamps it down for now.
(But it will be back, later - thoughts like those always are.)]
It's nothing to do with what I think of her, I hardly know her. But I know rulers. And I know war, and rebellions, and I'll tell you, everyone thinks they've got some moral high-ground up until the moment they need something from someone who refuses to give it. Then it's all "for the greater good" and "important sacrifice", and they're as willing to prod that nobility from a person with the end of a sword as anyone else.
[how many times has Rincewind seen it before? Too many to count. Those nights spent dreaming were some of the most like home as any he'd spent here.]
And of course it means something, of course I'm grateful. You keep - saying these things like I chose Jorah over you. That's not it at all. You don't... need to keep trying to make it sound like he's not actually a friend to me.
[please. please stop. with that in particular.]
I wouldn't have gone after you, specifically; I was only doing what I had to. You can't tell me that if they'd gotten their hands on you, that you wouldn't have done the same.
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(But it will be back, later - thoughts like those always are.)]
It's nothing to do with what I think of her, I hardly know her. But I know rulers. And I know war, and rebellions, and I'll tell you, everyone thinks they've got some moral high-ground up until the moment they need something from someone who refuses to give it. Then it's all "for the greater good" and "important sacrifice", and they're as willing to prod that nobility from a person with the end of a sword as anyone else.
[how many times has Rincewind seen it before? Too many to count. Those nights spent dreaming were some of the most like home as any he'd spent here.]
And of course it means something, of course I'm grateful. You keep - saying these things like I chose Jorah over you. That's not it at all. You don't... need to keep trying to make it sound like he's not actually a friend to me.
[please. please stop. with that in particular.]
I wouldn't have gone after you, specifically; I was only doing what I had to. You can't tell me that if they'd gotten their hands on you, that you wouldn't have done the same.