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Liu Mingyan shakes her head, turning her little white stone over and over in her fingers. "If your conflict had taken place in the world he and I call home, and he had failed to produce the result he wanted through torture--" already incredibly unlikely, "--he would have achieved a different, but still desired result through your death. The fact that you live, and the parasites are dormant within you, is evidence of his mercy." She inclines her head and lets her voice turn rueful. "I understand, however, if it does not feel as you expect mercy to feel. This place has... a different tenor to it than home."