““A god intervened, Captain Paran. Returned the life to you. You might think it was on your behalf, but I’m afraid there wasn’t any altruism involved. Are you following me?”
“I’m being used,” Paran stated flatly.
She raised an eyebrow. “That doesn’t bother you?”
Paran shrugged and turned away. “It’s nothing new,” he muttered.”

— Steven Erikson, book Gardens of the Moon

Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 9 (p. 263)

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