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Lucky Breeze
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"Sounds good," says Dio.
"Right. What was the name o' the mage who came up wi' the Theory of the Shortcomings of Man?"
"Avis Something, right? Avius Fallow"
"An' the theory states?"
"Everyone is fundamentally flawed and the only way to advance in life is to reduce or exploit those flaws, and to Hex is to Exploit."
"What'd he say were the three pillars of the Temple of our Wrongness and how to topple them?"
"The first is Hybris, which is pride and which we topple with pain. The second is Dysthenos, which is love, so we topple it with hatred. The third is Veritas, which is truth which we topple with deception."
"Interesting mind, that Avius."
"There's a reason he had to be assassinated, I suppose." says Dio.
"Aye," says Pyramus, looking up. "List the eight simple Prefixes of the Veritas-class hexes according to addition 6 of his work."
"Eth, Meth, Medr, Vis, Dis, Trop...Vilr...aand it starts with an L... Libt."
"Lizt."
"Right."
"Impressive, though, laddie. This stuff's Scholar level an' ye haven't even gone on your Alienation. Ye ever considered goin' ta the College of Hexes after ye get back from that?"
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