Easy to make rules," Emma said. "Easy to make systems with a perfect logic and rigor. All you need to do is leave out the mercy, yeah? Then when you … - James S. A. Corey

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Easy to make rules," Emma said. "Easy to make systems with a perfect logic and rigor. All you need to do is leave out the mercy, yeah? Then when you put people into it and they get chewed to nothing, it's the person's fault. Not the rules. Everything we do that's worth shit, we've done with people. Flawed, stupid, lying, rules-breaking people. Laconians making the same mistake as ever. Our rules are good, and they'd work perfectly if it were only a different species.
You sound like someone I know," Naomi said.
I'll die for that," Emma said. "I'll die so that people can be fuckups and still find mercy.

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is the joint pen name of Daniel Abraham and , American science fiction authors, screenwriters and television producers, best known for their space opera series The Expanse.

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