“I found this sword after a
very long search, after mastering a dead science. The men call it Mightblade. Not mighty.”
He spoke slowly. “It might; it
might not. Might not meaning
potency, but potentiality. It is
a bastardization of its true name. There
was a time there were many weapons like this,” he said. “Now, it is, I think, the only one left.
“It is a Possible Sword.”
(from The Scar by China Miéville)
9½*/10.
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