"There are two laws of the world. One is weak, lonely, ever-changing, unable to exist without relying on language, but it does not trust language and does not allow language to capture and carry its true light. It describes what the world should be like, and it is called philosophy. The other is strong and pragmatic, full of power like the night fills the sky, and tears the earth like beasts tearing flesh. It describes how the world became and how it maintains what it is now, and it is called domination. Which one do you want to hear me say?"
"Before I suffered what you call a 'curse,' I was called a philosopher, or a rhetorician, or a maid in a library. It made no difference. I was a believer in the first 'law of the world,' studying how it seeped into language and therefore into people's hearts, but the meaning derived from these studies was that it meant nothing..."
"My name is Faldrie. They used to call me Lady Joy."
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The journey to death of a female philosopher and a young warrior, multiple sexual orientations (main BG), no love line between male and female protagonists
Intention: Two-way redemption
