The deadly weapon seemed unnaturally light and easy in his hand. Something that lethal should have more heft, like a broadsword. Wrong, for murder to be so potentially effortless - one ought to at least have to grunt for it. (Lois McMaster Bujold)

The deadly weapon seemed unnaturally light and easy in his hand. Something that lethal should have more heft, like a broadsword. Wrong, for murder to be so potentially effortless - one ought to at least have to grunt for it.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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