But if you caught my informant,' said Achilles, 'why in the world woul…

Orson Scott Card
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But if you caught my informant,' said Achilles, 'why in the world would Chamrajnagar—or Graff, if it was him—launch the shuttle anyway? Was catching me doing something naughty so important they’d risk a shuttle and it’s crew just to catch me? I find that quite… flattering. Sort of like winning the Nobel Prize for scariest villain. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2003). Shadow Puppets, p.333, Macmillan
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