this paragraph from the nisla fic i wrote (partly with @alystar00 ) is pretty much stitched from phrases said about nikushka in the book
these were all intentional references from memory, but not supposed to be the same wording anyway
countless of lives over countless of years
i am definitely "but a maid"
(this is straight up a bossfight lol)
in the middle of the carnage, like the eye of the storm, he stood [followed by a description]
(i am never getting over his introduction. also this (+what was said about him before) was all it took for him to reserve his spot as my all-time #2, fully claiming it as the book went on lol)
but this man was no human
(here's the fic in question)
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