NETTLE & BONE, PART IV.
sentences from the novel by t. kingfisher.
change pronouns as needed!
this one is old, but she has grudges.
your rage does not impress me.
forgotten your name, have you?
it happens, kings and commoners alike.
do you not know who i am?
do not think that i will acknowledge you.
imagine being here all this time.
injustice and a desire for revenge age the body, but they keep the soul going halfway to forever.
did an echo just tell us to run?
do ghostly echoes have our best interests at heart?
you have no power over us.
when you're lost in the woods, stay put.
i'm glad you're all amused.
i do not allow the living to serve the dead forever.
do you think i wouldn't beg for another person's life?
i am older and greater than you.
i can carry you on my back if need be.
i do not know how many minutes we have.
my sense of timing is not working well, but i think we may be very close to running out of it.
i suspect that i will die very soon in any event.
i have never done you a kindness.
we are a long, long way from your beloved dead.
i have to go be impressive.
why am i being made a fool of in my own palace?
this is the gift i give you.
i only wish i'd realized what she had planned.
this was a cunning trap, well laid.
that was astoundingly well done.
what the hell do i do now?
you moved first, and that matters.
i'll do what i can, but i don't know if i can spare his life.
i'm sorry i couldn't do it sooner.
everyone was very impressed.
i found that i did not want to die.
evil magic could flow through her like a river in full flood.
you need to train him to sit somewher else.
it's been awhile since any man wanted to dive into my cleavage.
i was in that box too long.
someone will remember seeing me.
she doesn't mean to be cruel.
i always expected i'd go with you.
i'll want someone to talk to who isn't grumpy.
maybe you and i could not go home together?
i think i would like that very much.
