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Don't they understand that it'd be easier for me to kill them?
Haniwa
Maghra: Some (in the council) might think of the sparing of lives as strength of character.
Sibeth: No, they won't. Not from you. As queen, sometimes you have to do things others might consider evil, even you might consider evil, for the good of the kingdom.
Shiloh: We no longer recognize your authority, heretic.
Tamacti Jun: Regardless, Shiloh. I'm confident your skull will recognize my blade.
Ranger: If I'm the Trivantians and I have this kind of power, why wait until now to use it? Could have obliterated you and all the armies of Paya at Greenhill Gap.
Baba Voss: They didn't have it yet.