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Uther, dachte er langsam, du bist ein gerissener, mit allen Salben geschmierter Manipulant.
Uther, he thought slowly, you are a clever, manipulative swine.
Seltsamerweise hielt sie diese höfliche Geste für aufrichtig und glaubte nicht, daß sich die beiden zum Zwecke der Manipulation verstellten. Einen Fehler würde sie niemals begehen: zu vergessen, daß diese beiden Männer vollendete Manipulanten waren; doch die altmodische Höflichkeit, die sie an den Tag legten, mutete vor dem Hintergrund der Todeszuckungen, in denen die Volksrepublik sich erging, geradezu grotesk an.
They'd each done the same thing on every other occasion upon which she'd met with either or both of them, and oddly enough, she was certain the courteous gesture was genuine, not something assumed for the purposes of manipulation. Not because she would ever make the mistake of forgetting that both these men were consummate manipulators, but because, in their personal relations, both of them routinely demonstrated an old-fashioned courtesy which was almost grotesque against the backdrop of the Republic's current agony.
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