Dominic Flandry reflects:
"Personally, I enjoy decadence; but somebody has to hold off the Long Night for my own lifetime, and it looks as if I'm elected." (I, p. 155)
The appreciation and enjoyment of decadence is a recurring theme. However, in A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows, which we have just reread, Flandry has a surprising insight:
"Was that always my real desire? Not to chase down enemies of the Empire so I could go on having fun in it, but to have fun chasing them down?
"No matter." (III, p. 382)
No matter, indeed. The show must go on, in any case.
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