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  "text": "“Chaos has her moods and whims, that’s all. As I told you, she cannot remain stable. It is in her nature to be forever changing.”\n\n“While it is in the nature of Law,” Alisaard explained, “to be forever fixed. The Balance is there to ensure that neither Law nor Chaos ever gain complete ascendancy, for the one offers sterility while the other offers only sensation.”",
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      "text": "Your imagination is notoriously poor. Not everyone holds identical ambitions to your own!",
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      "text": "“For years my lady made her plans. And when the time came to put them into action, how wonderfully she was able to achieve her ambitions.”\n\n“Only because few rational people can ever begin to understand such a lust for power,” said von Bek feelingly. “There is nothing more puerile than the mind of a tyrant.”",
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