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"But it still stood. Light, it stood!"

I'm going to keep bloody gambling! Bloody, bloody gambling and drinking! Where's my bloody drink? Anyone want to gamble for it?

"Reasoning with a woman is impossible," Mat continued, eyes forward. "It's like . . . Well, reasoning with a woman is like sitting down to a friendly game of dice. Only the woman refuses to acknowledge the basic bloody rules of the game. A man, he'll cheat you—but he'll do it honestly. He'll use loaded dice, so that you think you're losing by chance. And if you aren't clever enough to spot what he's doing, then maybe he deserves to take your coin. And that's that. "A woman, though, she'll sit down to that same game and she'll smile, and act like she's going to play. Only when it's her turn to throw, she'll toss a pair of her own dice that are blank on all six sides. Not a single pip showing. She'll inspect her throw, then she'll look up at you and say, 'Clearly I just won.'"

At the end of time,<br>
when the many become one,<br>
the last storm shall gather its angry winds <br>
to destroy a land already dying. <br>
And at its center, <br>
the blind man shall stand <br>
upon his own grave. <br>
There he shall see again, <br>
and weep for what has been wrought.

• from The Prophecies of the Dragon
  Essanik Cycle. Malhavish's
  Official Translation, Imperial
  Record House of Seandar,
  Fourth Circle of Elevation