The small red eyes regarded him, unblinking. “What would you give me for all the wisdom of the world?”… — Patricia A. McKillip
The small red eyes regarded him, unblinking. “What would you give me for all the wisdom of the world?”
“Nothing.” He turned back to his work. “I have heard you know the answers to every riddle save one. That will be the one I need answering.”
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