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Card #c268IR // #c268Verbatim excerpt
Wolves and bears were all very well, his manner said, things that any man who kept sheep must be aware of, but they had best not try to stop Tam al'Thor getting to Emond's Field.

— Source: The Eye of the World (Robert Jordan)

[Use when]

Use when someone treats routine risk as a reason to abort the actual objective.

[Why it matters]

Local threat hierarchy: known dangers are priced in; blocking the mission is not.

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