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      "text": "“Poor Pymfyd! Your world is built of fear and dread! As for me, I have no time for such emotions.”\n\nPymfyd spoke in an even voice. “You are a royal princess and I may not call you a witless little fool, even should the thought cross my mind.”\n\nMadouc turned him a sad blue-eyed glance. “So that, after all, is your concept of me.”\n\n“I will say only this: persons who fear nothing are soon dead.”",
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