or two of peace, we might have trustingly accepted. But who among us has
not heard stories told by old-timers who were there when Broken-Tooth
deceived Ur-xouna near False Bridge, at the end of the old wars? What Sexy Smoking Woman human
has not read moving accounts of some great-grandfather who escaped the
slaughter at Truce Gorge, during the Year of Lies?"
He turned back to Ro-kenn. "Our knowledge of deceit comes self-taught.
Peace was hard-won-its lessons not forgotten.
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word."
This time a mere flick Sexy Smoking Woman of one slender hand holds back the outraged Rann,
checking another outburst. Ro-kenn himself seems Sexy Smoking Woman amused, although the
strange dissonance once more cuts his Sexy Smoking Woman visage.
"Then what guarantee have we that you will destroy these items, and not
leave Sexy Smoking Woman them in a place where they may be found by future tenants of this
world? Or worse, by Galactic Institutes, as little as a thousand years from
now?"
Lester is prepared with an answer.
"There is irony here, Oh mighty Rothen. If we, as a people, remember you,
then we are still witnesses who can testify against your crime. Thus, if we
retain memory, you have reason to act against us.
"If,
on the other hand, we successfully follow the path of redemption and
forgetfulness, in a thousand years we may already be like glavers,
innocuous to you. No longer Sexy Smoking Woman credible to testify. Sexy Smoking Woman if so, you will have no
cause to harm us. To do so would be senseless, even risky."
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also forget the hiding places where you cached these images?" Ro-kenn holds
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