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Old 01-31-2010, 05:08 PM   #289
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Originally Posted by AndreaDraco83 View Post
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Wolfgang had sunk his own knife deep into his breast and had died within seconds, his heart's blood spilling out into the center hole and coursing down the lines of the trough. "NO!" Gabriel screamed to his great-uncle, enraged and horrified, as if there were still time to stop Wolfgang, to tell him what a stupid, pointless idea it was, to make him understand it wasn't worth it, that it would royally screw up all those afternoons Gabriel had pictured them sharing in the library.


Jane Jensen, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, Roc 1997, p. 357
Thanks for the book quote, Andrea. My copy of the novel is unfortunately in another city (along with The Beast Within)

I guess that all makes sense. After all,

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It's pretty silly to use a knife on a brittle/shriveled up mummy to find what resembles anything of a fresh human heart


Just goes to show how even after a dozen times playing this game over the last 17 years, it still gets one thinking things never thought before!
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