"Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see… — David Mitchell
"Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror."
I hid my shock by asking when purebloods might blame themselves.
Mephi replied, "History suggests, not until they are made to."
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