The Hand That Mocked Them

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"It was a necessity for me," he said stiffly. "I'm mostly blind, you know; I needed someone to help me with my work."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik

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"And there was no possibility of getting an understudy through the university?"
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"That wouldn't have served my needs, no. I was working on things the university wouldn't have approved of."
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"What sorts of things?"
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He clammed up, studying the demon with renewed interest.
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Kivvien shook his head. What had he gotten himself into?
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"I think I have some chemicals that might corrode the thing. Perhaps we can study those components and mimic them?" he suggested.
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"Would we be able to transfer them into a viral form?"
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"Perhaps? We may need to make use of spells. Transmogrification, perhaps?"
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"That may work," he agreed.
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"Let's have a go at it, then." He wandered off to a far corner of the room and pulled some corked bottles from the floor, one of which was leaking.
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Kivvien schooled his features to disguise his disgust. Who could live like this?
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He returned and set the bottles down, wiping at the leaking one with a cloth from his pocket. "Several acids and bases here, some of which are corrosive," he said proudly.
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"I can see that," Kivvien said as neutrally as possible.
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"Well, which shall we try first? We need to know what damages the creatures naturally before doing anything complicated."
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.
— Danish proverb