"This was real. And it was me. I had lived that life, and I had died that death. I was staring at the very end of me."

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Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man hadn’t died of a heart attack. Instead he seemed to thrive on disaster and finding people seated in the wrong places.

— Tamora Pierce