"Don't tell me about worth," Nita said. "My……" — Paolo Bacigalupi
"Don't tell me about worth," Nita said. "My father commands fleets." "The wealthy measure everything with the weight of their money." Tool leaned close. "Sadna once risked herself and the rest of her crew to help me escape from an oil fire... Your father commands fleets. And thousands of half-men, I am sure. But would he risk himself to save a single one?"
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Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.
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