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It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre.

It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre.

Approximate author period: c. 2002 AD · contemporary

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N.K. Jemisin
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Approximate author period: c. 2002 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for N. K. Jemisin: documented activity in 2002. Wikidata Q2427544, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2427544 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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