And, really, Erda had put the basic problem in a nutshell. Everyone here viewed damage to their own… — Genevieve Cogman
And, really, Erda had put the basic problem in a nutshell. Everyone here viewed damage to their own particular interest as more significant than damage to anyone else’s. Whatever the scale of the damage.
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