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Keane arrived at his chair as Holgur came opposite, and they sat. A statue of something glowered in the middle of the table between them. It was onyx, about eighteen inches high, and looked like dancing smoke. Or maybe a falling frog that had been shoved through a metal grate. A gold plate on the base declared it The Soul of Tyrrane.
Keane decided it was an old woman going pee. Tyrraneans were weird with what they considered art.
— Blow out the Candle When You Leave
Misplaced Mercenaries, Book 2
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