“Now you understand,” Rarm said to me. “It was the last cut against yourself to become convinced of your own… — Tanith Lee
“Now you understand,” Rarm said to me. “It was the last cut against yourself to become convinced of your own hideousness. You held to it and nurtured it, and even identified with the devil goddess of Orash in your determination to be accursed. And it never occurred to you that perhaps you saw a false image under the mountain.”
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