Megan Whalen Turner: "Kau akan menjadikan bocah itu raja Pencuri? &quo...

"Kau akan menjadikan bocah itu raja Pencuri? "Katanya [Nahuseresh]." Kapan kau bisa memiliki aku? "Attolia tersenyum tipis." Pembalasan dendam yang bagus untuk kehilangan tangan, "kata si Mede, yang hampir menggeram. "Aku akan memiliki kedaulatanku," kata Attolia tipis. "Oh, ya, dia akan membuat boneka tangan dengan satu tangan," sembur Nahuseresh. Lalu dia ingat sanjungan Attolia tadi pagi. "Atau aku menghina kekasihmu?" tanya. "Bukan kekasih," kata Attolia. "Hanya pilihanku untuk raja."

--- Megan Whalen Turner

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You will make the boy Thief king?" he [Nahuseresh] said. "When you could have had me?" Attolia allowed a slight smile. "A fine revenge for the loss of a hand," said the Mede, close to snarling. "I will have my sovereignty," said Attolia thinly. "Oh, yes, a fine one-handed figurehead he will make," spat Nahuseresh. Then he remembered Attolia's flattery earlier that morning. "Or do I insult your lover?" he asked. "Not a lover," said Attolia. "Merely my choice for king.