Rome wasn__ built in a day, but that's because they never used Cosmic Ordering.

As Roran watched, the man's arms, neck, and chest shriveled, and his bones appeared in sharp relief-from the bowlike curve of his collarbones to the hollow saddle of his hips, where his stomach hung like an empty waterskin. His lips puckered and drew back farther than they were intended to over his yellow teeth, baring them in a grisly snarl, while his eyeballs deflated as if they were engorged ticks being squished empty of blood, and the surrounding flesh sank inward.

Cosmic Ordering is like an echo! What you ask for comes back.

Solitude is obviously dangerous for people with active brains. We need men around us who have ideas and like talking. Leave us alone for any length of time, and we start filling the void with supernatural creatures.

No more need to rob Peter to pay Paul with Cosmic Ordering.

Yeah, try wearing a piss cutter for eight years_ then it wouldn__ be so bad.