Just as I need never wonder what it is like to die, so I need never wonder what it is like to kill, Ziller… — Iain M. Banks
Just as I need never wonder what it is like to die, so I need never wonder what it is like to kill, Ziller, because I have done it, and it is a wasteful, graceless, worthless and hateful thing to have to do.
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