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“What's wrong with this city! Like I said, no one's really in charge. Mayor and council are afraid to do anything in case the sorcerers don't like it. So they don't do anything. Someone should do something, Anya growled. She rowed on in silence for a while after that, thinking. It was easy to say…” quote by Garth Nix — Download Open image

““What's wrong with this city! Like I said, no one's really in charge. Mayor and council are afraid to do anything in case the sorcerers don't like it. So they don't do anything. Someone should do something, Anya growled. She rowed on in silence for a while after that, thinking. It was easy to say "someone should do something" but rather more difficult to put it into practice.””

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