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I did offer to fix him. I can't imagine why he didn't take me up on it

Why does no one like Sammael

He’s an angry hobbit

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Lanfear, you are as ever lacking subtlety or basic self-preservation, so I'm not surprised you wouldn't understand that in someone else. Why would I move against the nae'blis and thus the Great Lord, and lose my privileges to pursue my pleasures? This can only be an attempt to cause strife and dissension among the Chosen, crude as it is.

Asmodean, you are the perfect second pair of hands when I'm working on a long-term knitting project. I'm not going to endanger on a futile rebellion.

Okay, so. Scenario. I (Lanfear) am gracious enough to bring you information: Semirhage would like you to plot against Aginor, Aginor wants you to side with him against Moghedien, and Moghedien wants you to move against Semirhage. You're spending most of your time with me, but I let you choose one of them to appease. Do you?

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Gee, Semirhage, I didn't know you started your own company! Mind if I use your coppy machine sometime?

Why, of course you may, greyface! I think it would be a lovely thing if you and so many others would use this coppy machine. 

If you step into that room over there, you will find Coppy over there. Waiting for you. 

I”m sure you will be close friends from now on.

Stop scratching at the door, you’ll damage the finish.

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Artificial Leech (1800s) Bloodletting with leeches was such a popular treatment for a range of medical conditions that an artificial leech was invented in 1840 and was used frequently in eye and ear surgery. The rotating blades would cut a wound in the patient’s skin, while the cylinder would be used to produce a vacuum that sucked up the blood.

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Surgical tools from 1650

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Amputation Knife (1700s) Knives used for amputations during the 18th century were typically curved, because surgeons tended to make a circular cut through the skin and muscle before the bone was cut with a saw. By the 1800s, straight knives became more popular because they made it easier to leave a flap of skin that could be used to cover the exposed stump.

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Found this meme on FB

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((I forgot that the Grammy's are on tonight. Both the media room and the study room with a tv is taken. I am unhappy.))

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Most excellent news indeed.

LET IT BE KNOWN. TONIGHT, A NEW BORE WAS DRILLED.

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It would be my absolute delight, Ishar. This is a project that could produce absolutely beautiful results. I have looked forward to working with you.

I think we should look for someone among the Aiel. It would be interesting to see if they really are all that different from the Aiel we once knew, especially in how they break.

If Aginor experimented on someone and turned them into a pun-only speaking individual, do you think you could use them them for torture purposes? We're contemplating doing this and having them follow al'Thor around constantly speaking at him in puns until he fully loses his mind. -Demandred

A rather novel idea. 

Of course I could. Especially if you had this individual look a great deal like al’Thor, even a similar voice. Imagine, your doppelganger dancing around you, speaking in puns. Perhaps dressed in an exaggerated style similar to al’Thor. The puns lifted from his favorite stories and songs. Have this person constantly confused for al’Thor, and soon everyone wonders just how far into his madness he has gone to speak like this. Should he protest that it is this punner who is doing it, spread the notion that al’Thor did this as a sort of vanity project.

I am always available for a consultation. 

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If Aginor experimented on someone and turned them into a pun-only speaking individual, do you think you could use them them for torture purposes? We're contemplating doing this and having them follow al'Thor around constantly speaking at him in puns until he fully loses his mind. -Demandred

A rather novel idea. 

Of course I could. Especially if you had this individual look a great deal like al’Thor, even a similar voice. Imagine, your doppelganger dancing around you, speaking in puns. Perhaps dressed in an exaggerated style similar to al’Thor. The puns lifted from his favorite stories and songs. Have this person constantly confused for al’Thor, and soon everyone wonders just how far into his madness he has gone to speak like this. Should he protest that it is this punner who is doing it, spread the notion that al’Thor did this as a sort of vanity project.

I am always available for a consultation. 

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Evidence for ancient bone surgery found at Kuelap Fortress

A study by the University of Florida published in the International Journal of Paleopathology claims to have discovered the first ever evidence for ancient bone surgery found in Peru.

Dr. J Maria Toyne details that two skeletons (dated 800-1535 CE) from the pre-Columbian site of Kuelap demonstrate pathology similar to trepanation. Trepanation is the surgical practice of drilling holes into bones and is the oldest example of surgical intervention.

The two moderately healthy male skeletons, one an adolescent and the other an adult of 30-34 years of age, were found to have drilled holes in the bones of their legs.

The placement and depth suggest to the bioarchaeologists that the holes are not random but were perhaps done to relieve pressure from a physical injury and or severe infection. Read more.

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Figs. 97-100.  Amputations and excisions.  A manual of modern surgery. 1894.

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A primitive ape that can barely tap out a message thinks my hair is substandard. On one hand, this ill-founded opinion has no bearing on my own self-confidence in my appearance. I will continue to maintain a flawless presentation as befitting one of the Chosen, on my own terms.

On the other hand, I cannot allow any slight against myself go unpunished. It would not do to be seen as tolerant of such flippant disrespect. A demonstration of what awaits any who dares to give insult to my person is in order.

Tell me, which of your hands would you like to consume first?

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Of all the Fors- er, Chosen, sorry - I have always thought your name is the funniest.

My name made the greatest civilization in the history of the earth tremble and wail in terror. I have bought entire cities to break and tear each other to pieces at my command, knowing if they did not I would do far worse to them than they could ever do to each other. Even other Chosen are careful with their words when I am present. Mothers have taught their children to fear the mere mention of me for generations. 

You find my name amusing? Do try to hold on to your sense of humor when I start with your teeth and lips in inducing proper respect for one of the Chosen. The Lady of Pain is nothing to laugh about.