so many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy.
What do you know of poetry?_ Ambrose said without bothering to turn around. __ know a limping verse when I hear it,_ I said. __ut this isn__ even limping. A limp has rhythm. This is more like someone falling down a set of stairs. Uneven stairs. With a midden at the bottom._ __t is a sprung rhythm,_ he said, his voice stiff and offended. __ wouldn__ expect you to understand._ __prung?_ I burst out with an incredulous laugh. __ understand that if I saw a horse with a leg this badly __prung,_ I__ kill it out of mercy, then burn its poor corpse for fear the local dogs might gnaw on it and die.
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What do you know of poetry?_ Ambrose said without bothering to turn around. __ know a limping verse when I hear it,_ I said. __ut this isn__ even limping. A limp has rhythm. This is more like someone falling down a set of stairs. Uneven stairs. With a midden at the bottom._ __t is a sprung rhythm,_ he said, his voice stiff and offended. __ wouldn__ expect you to understand._ __prung?_ I burst out with an incredulous laugh. __ understand that if I saw a horse with a leg this badly __prung,_ I__ kill it out of mercy, then burn its poor corpse for fear the local dogs might gnaw on it and die.
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