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Tao: It’s the badge of my people, from my tribe, from my world. Only the honored wear it, like me, the scholars of my tribe.
Dar: It’s a lamb rushing into a den of lions, huh?
Dar talking to himself after Tao leaves: There. Like he was never here at all. Yes, the quiet. Tao was always chattering. He’s worse than mocking birds at darkness. I won’t miss that. And opinions. More than the fishes of the sea. “The great world isn’t flat” and “A circle has no beginning.”
[Ruh growls]
Dar: Yes? I know, but I don’t care what you think. I’m talking to myself.
[Ruh walks away.]
Tao’s riddle: At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen.
Dar: I’m looking for a man whose mouth moves faster than a cricket’s legs...He’s weak and scrawny.
Dar: That Eiron spoiled my land, covered my meadows with sticks and gourds.
Dar: What crime did he commit?
Haisa: The crime of reason, making others think. The Eiron are master tricksters, pretending to be ignorant but making others look so in the end. They are hated.
Dar: Just for challenging someone’s beliefs?
Haisa: Wit is dangerous to the simple-minded.
Nylus: The Tolphets hate your people.
Tao: But why? We’re harmless.
Nylus: Like the sea birds, your minds have wings soaring above the rest. You put ideas into people’s heads. Ideas which topple rulers.
Tao: All life shifts. Not even the winds stay the same. Rigid thoughts are the ones which break the most easily. And sometimes I think we are less than beasts. Even the wild ones recognize those that are greater than them.
Dar to the thief who stole his staff: It’s well-honed, but you’ll never get a change to use it.
Haisa: Every night without you was a death. At least now we go together.
Dar to Tao: Falling... it’s something you do so well.
Dar: Tao, roots are important.
Tao: Even if they’re not deep? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen my tribe.
Dar: Some of the greatest trees have shallow roots and they survive strong winds because they stand together, their roots intertwined.
Dar: Sometimes things are better when they’re not easy.
Tao: Why does everyone resist change?
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