“[W]hen you find yourself face to face with one [Bondsmage], you bow and scrape and mind your 'sirs' and 'madams.'"

…

'Nice bird, asshole,' said Locke.”

—  Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora

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