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How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.

How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.

Approximate author period: c. 1976 AD · modern

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Kristin Cashore
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Approximate author period: c. 1976 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1976; activity date not established; Wikidata Q291025, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291025 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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