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"God shall mend my soul, You’ll make a mutiny among my guests. You will set cock-a-hoop. You’ll be the man!"
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 5 [Capulet to Tybalt].

Tommee Profitt — Witching Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb4yxqC9FKE

"Nature hath given to every one a right to all. That is it was lawfull for every man in the bare state of nature,
or before such time as men had engag'd themselves by any Covenants, or Bonds, to doe what hee would, and
against whom he thought fit, and to possesse, use, and enjoy all what he would, or could get. Now because
whatsoever a man would, it therefore seems good to him because he wills it, and either it really doth, or at least
seems to him to contribute toward his preservation. … Nature hath given all to all, from whence we understand
likewise, that in the state of nature, Profit is the measure of Right."
Thomas Hobbes, Philosophical rudiments concerning government and society (De Cive), Chapter 1, X., 1651.

Barbara lets out of the closet Tevinter roots of Kirkwall. Elven blood magic has forced abortion on unwilling Isabela.

"It is extremely beneficial to let the realities of life neutralize themselves in this way on an arbitrary interest of
this kind. You transform something accidental into the absolute and, as such, into an object of absolute admiration.
This works particularly excellently when tempers are aroused. For many people this method is an excellent stimulus.
One looks at everything in life as a wager, and so on. The more consistently one can sustain the arbitrariness, the
more amusing the combinations. The degree of consistency always shows whether one is an artist or a dabbler,
for to some extent people all do the same. The eye with which one looks at reality must constantly change."
Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or, Part I, Chapter 6 Crop rotation, 1843 [The whole secret lies in arbitrariness.]

Isabela wields for Castillon her twisted lyrium dick, a fecundation gaff for twins, the lusty heroine & so many kings.