“It’s getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I’ve drowned and be celebrating.”

—  Michael Moorcock , book The Eternal Champion

Source: The Eternal Champion (1970), Chapter 10 “First Sight of the Eldren” (p. 58)

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