““The Empress expects obedience of her servants, and demands loyalty.”
“Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.””

— Steven Erikson , book Gardens of the Moon

Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 3 (p. 90)

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