| Emperor Mage Quotes |
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| "The world knows when those birds are ill. He can lose a battalion of soldiers in the Yamani Ils. & never flinch, but the gods help us if one of his precious birds is off its feed." -Carthaki Captain "Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much-all of it wrong." -Daine "There are always some who think they can do a ruler's job better." -Ozorne "Don't you wish you could've seen them when they were alive?" "Only if they were grass eaters. Even so, I should prefer to see them from the top of a very tall tree." -Daine & Zek, when they see the dinosaur bones "Moonsword? That's very pretty." "My ancestors were a sentimental lot." -Daine & Rikash "I must remember to give Tortall a wide birth." -Rikash, after hearing Daine can shape-change "You're not exactly what I expected, either." "And what did you expect?" "Someone who enjoyed being imperial more. What did you expect of me?" "Someone who ate w/ her fingers." -Daine & Kaddar "No woman has ever asked to join our armies." "With you so open & welcoming of the idea, I'm not surprised." "Women aren't up to the discipline of military life." "You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance." -Kaddar & Daine "I don't see why he soaks himself in all this. It's disgusting." -Iry the hyena, after smelling Ozorne's perfume "We will defend our emperor to the death!" "That's fair foolish. My friends are a bit hard to kill. They've been dead already." -Carthaki Soldier & Daine "I'm not that different from these slaves. Perhaps all I know is fear. It seems that way, often enough." "A petty reply (spits) That is what I think of it." "Stormwings. Anything they do, they have to be disgusting first." -Kaddar, Barzha, & Daine "I have magic! I have-Stormwing magic!" "Of course you do, Sweetheart. Do you know how to use it? You'll get the hang of it in a few days or so. There's a reason KIng Jokhun didn't want to fight Barzha Razorwing on her terms." -Ozorne & Rikash "I thought they'd killed you. I lost my temper." "Magelet that is the greatest understatement I have heard in my life." -Daine & Numair after she trashes the palace |