Megan Whalen Turner Quote

The gold was a gift; you said so yourself.You are a woman, Nahuseresh said very gently. You do not understand the world of kings and emperors, you do not understand the nature of their gifts.Nahuseresh, if there is one thing a woman understands, it is the nature of . They are bribes when threats will not avail. Your emperor cannot attack this coast unprovoked; the treaties with the greater nations of this Continent prevent him. All he can do is stir up an ugly three-way war and hope to be invited in as an ally, and I did not invite him. The queen shook her head. The problem with bribes, Nahuseresh, is that after your money is gone, threats still do not avail.Nahuseresh stared, seeing a queen he hadn't guessed existed.

Megan Whalen Turner

The gold was a gift; you said so yourself.You are a woman, Nahuseresh said very gently. You do not understand the world of kings and emperors, you do not understand the nature of their gifts.Nahuseresh, if there is one thing a woman understands, it is the nature of . They are bribes when threats will not avail. Your emperor cannot attack this coast unprovoked; the treaties with the greater nations of this Continent prevent him. All he can do is stir up an ugly three-way war and hope to be invited in as an ally, and I did not invite him. The queen shook her head. The problem with bribes, Nahuseresh, is that after your money is gone, threats still do not avail.Nahuseresh stared, seeing a queen he hadn't guessed existed.

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