[Conscience, is that you? It's been a while! Bartimaeus is pretty sure you gave up on him centuries ago.]
Where's the fun in that? The magicians would never show up in a real battle. [Natty-boy, you are a strange, happens once-in-ten-lifetimes type; no, he will not repeat that, no even under pain of rosemary.] It defeats the purpose of using them!
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Where's the fun in that? The magicians would never show up in a real battle. [Natty-boy, you are a strange, happens once-in-ten-lifetimes type; no, he will not repeat that, no even under pain of rosemary.] It defeats the purpose of using them!