"To my fraas and suurs of the Ringing Vale I have a loyalty that can never be dissolved precisely because it is no rational thing but a bond like that of family. And I will not waste oxygen by discussing all of the nesting and overlapping loyalty groups to which I belong: this cell, the Mathic world, the Convox, the people of Arbre, and the community, extending even beyond the limits of this cosmos, that unites us with the likes of Jules Verne Durand."
"Say zhoost," answered the Laterran, which we'd figured out was his way of expressing approval.
"To untangle all acting loyalties and obligations is not possible in the thick of an Emergence, and so one falls back on simple responses that arise from one's training."
Fraa Osa is speaking to the members of Cell 317. Arsibalt had asked him about his loyalties.
This is #AnathemQuote number 3, and here I explain how quotations help me maintain my sanity.
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