[ For how shaken he'd seemed, it was a more measured response than Aymeric expected. He relaxed a little, almost intangibly; allowed his hand over Cain's to settle lightly on it. Even after casting two good barriers in quick succession, the healing spell came stronger and more easily than ever, seamlessly diffusing across the clean edges of the cuts Cain had made, knitting his damaged skin. ]
Yet that web is much like public life, I think — like statecraft: the moment you question your right to be a part of it, and do as you must, you risk some hungrier thing taking your place.
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[ For how shaken he'd seemed, it was a more measured response than Aymeric expected. He relaxed a little, almost intangibly; allowed his hand over Cain's to settle lightly on it. Even after casting two good barriers in quick succession, the healing spell came stronger and more easily than ever, seamlessly diffusing across the clean edges of the cuts Cain had made, knitting his damaged skin. ]
Yet that web is much like public life, I think — like statecraft: the moment you question your right to be a part of it, and do as you must, you risk some hungrier thing taking your place.