"It just never ends! Never-fucking-ends!"
"Yesterday they had their eyes on me, today they've got their eyes on the Great Elves, and tomorrow? Are those people planning to grab Dong Dong, see what's so special about a kid born of the Fox race and the Human Clan?"
"What the hell is the school even doing? Eating shit?"
"Is everyone in the Alliance dead already?"
"You know what this reminds me of? That essay I learned in high school—'Today they cede five cities, tomorrow ten, and thus gain one peaceful night's sleep; but when they rise and look out to the four borders, the Qin soldiers are upon them again! The territories of the feudal lords are finite, but the rapacity of Qin is without limit. The more they appease, the more savage the invasion becomes…'"
The black Gem Cat had just slipped in through the window when it heard Zheng Qing cursing nonstop, resentment practically blasting through the ceiling, even busting out a long-lost passage from "On the Six States."
