“It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming.”

—  Scott Lynch, book Red Seas Under Red Skies

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 11 “All Else, Truth” section 9 (p. 528)

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