As goofy as Lemuel's curse callback is, it's also kind of horrifying how quickly it switches these poor bastards on. Is it funny that Lemuel uses it so flippantly, or kinda cruel and dehumanizing?
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TBH, there are names and phrases that seem to provoke the same slathering, unreasoning hatred in our own world these days. The etalarch seems to tap into something very, sadly, human.