The Patrician took a sip of his beer. __ have told this to few people, gentlemen, and I suspect I never will again, but one day when I was a young boy on holiday in Uberwald I was walking along the bank of a stream when I saw a mother otter with her cubs. A very endearing sight, I__ sure you will agree, and even as I watched, the mother otter dived into the water and came up with a plump salmon, which she subdued and dragged on to a half-submerged log. As she ate it, while of course it was still alive, the body split and I remember to this day the sweet pinkness of its roes as they spilled out, much to the delight of the baby otters, who scrambled over themselves to feed on the delicacy. One of nature__ wonders, gentlemen: mother and children dining on mother and children. And that__ when I first learned about evil. It is built into the nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior.
Why are our people going out there,_ said Mr. Boggis of the Thieves_ Guild."Because they are showing a brisk pioneering spirit and seeking wealth and _ additional wealth in a new land,_ said Lord Vetinari.__hat__ in it for the Klatchians?_ said Lord Downey.__h, they__e gone out there because they are a bunch of unprincipled opportunists always ready to grab something for northern,_ said Lord Vetinari.__ mastery summation, if I may say so, my lord,_ said Mr. Burleigh. The Patrician looked down again at his notes. __h, I do beg your pardon, I seem to have read those last to sentences in the wrong order_
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Why are our people going out there,_ said Mr. Boggis of the Thieves_ Guild."Because they are showing a brisk pioneering spirit and seeking wealth and _ additional wealth in a new land,_ said Lord Vetinari.__hat__ in it for the Klatchians?_ said Lord Downey.__h, they__e gone out there because they are a bunch of unprincipled opportunists always ready to grab something for northern,_ said Lord Vetinari.__ mastery summation, if I may say so, my lord,_ said Mr. Burleigh. The Patrician looked down again at his notes. __h, I do beg your pardon, I seem to have read those last to sentences in the wrong order_
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