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The Hand That Mocked Them



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Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:34 am
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"Why didn't you wake me?" he demanded, them rounded on Hieronymus. "Why didn't you?" He glared, then stalked over to his work station. "No matter. What can I do?'
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin

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Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:45 am
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"I put a virus sample at your station. Please, put up your wards to avoid contamination and begin the spells you've written for this. One of us 'aught to have written something functional."
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Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:50 am
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He nodded. "The homunculus will have to read the spells out."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin

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Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:03 am
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"So you have not bothered to commit a single one to memory."
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Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:18 am
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"Need I remind you of my age?"
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin

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Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:25 am
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"If your age has diminished your capacity for your craft so much, then I believe you should consider retiring."
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Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:26 am
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"Ha, see, this is why I have the homunculus! So I don't need to retire!"
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin

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"You created a slave to replace you. How...unethical."
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Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:40 am
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Laurean glared at him haughtily. "He is not a replacement, he is an extension! This creature couldn't replace me."
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Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:52 am
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"We disagree on many things."
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Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:54 am
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"Then perhaps you ought to take your cure elsewhere."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin

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Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:01 am
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"Perhaps you're right."
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Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:42 pm
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Hieronymus, alarmed, looked up at his master.
"If you're going to disrespect me continually," Laurean said, "and refuse to let me do things my way--the way I've been doing it for ten years without trouble--then you may pack your bags and leave at first light tomorrow."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin

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Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:53 pm
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Kivvien stirred a now-bubbling mixture with one hand and cast a brief spell with the other, watching for a beat as the mixture stilled before he said, "I'll consider it. Would you like assistance being put back to sleep before I leave?"
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Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:01 pm
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"I'm up now," he huffed. "I might as well stay up. I have some things to do before I go back to sleep."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin

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