‘I have heard of Gallows Gap,’ said Rakan with an odd, quiet fervour. ‘And I have heard of Beksanara too. I know and have spoken with men who were in my brother’s command, who saw what you did there.’ Gallows Gap. Beksanara. The siege of Trelayne. You gather the names like dirt under your fingernails, no way to scrub it out. And all the young men line up, to admire the fucking manicure.
– Highlighted by Lachlan Hardy in The Cold Commands (GollanczF.) by Richard Morgan
‘I have heard of Gallows Gap,’ said Rakan with an odd, quiet fervour. ‘And I have heard of Beksanara too. I know and have spoken with men who were in my brother’s command, who saw what you did there.’ Gallows Gap. Beksanara. The siege of Trelayne. You gather the names like dirt under your fingernails, no way to scrub it out. And all the young men line up, to admire the fucking manicure.
– Highlighted by Lachlan Hardy in The Cold Commands (GollanczF.) by Richard Morgan
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