The vampire looked from the golem to Vimes.
‘You gave one of them a VOICE?’ he said.
‘Yes,’ said Dorfl. He reached down and picked up the vampire in one hand. ‘I Could Kill You,’ he said. ‘This Is An Option Available To Me As A Free-Thinking Individual But I Will Not Do So Because I Own Myself And I Have Made A Moral Choice.’
‘Oh, gods,’ murmured Vimes under his breath.
‘That’s BLASPHEMY,’ said the vampire.
He gasped as Vimes shot him a glance like sunlight. ‘That’s what people say when the voiceless speak. Take him away, Dorfl. Put him in the palace dungeons.’
Terry Pratchett, “Feet of Clay”
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