Ethan had never found himself clinging to a cusp of human history. The trouble with the position, he found, was that in whatever direction you looked… - Lois McMaster Bujold

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Ethan had never found himself clinging to a cusp of human history. The trouble with the position, he found, was that in whatever direction you looked there fell away a glassy, uncontrollable slide down to a strange future you would then have to live in. He had never wanted to pray more, nor been less sure that it would do any good.