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* [[Masochist's Meal]]: Darsh food is intentionally vile: the people of Dar Sai seem to pride themselves on their ability to stomach it. The once-mentioned Sandusker cult also has the same attitude to their food. And part of ''The Book Of Dreams'' revolves around a banquet for the highest-ranking members of The Institute at which ''charnay'' is served - a foodstuff which, apart from being fruit, is more or less a direct stand-in for ''fugu''.
* [[Master Poisoner]]: The planet Sarkovy's [[Planet of Hats|Hat]] is brewing and finding creative ways to administer poisons. The higher ranks of their grand masters can be [[Poisonous Person|Poisonous Persons]], although in a touch of realism, these people tend to die rapidly themselves. Hero Kirth Gersen spent several instructive years there, to the point of being able to outwit and infect a rival Master Poisoner.
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: A subtle example with Howard Alan Treesong {{spoiler|and his [[Split Personalities]]:
* [[Mugging the Monster]]:
** Young Kirth's first kill happened by this.
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