<blockquote>Sometimes he catches Carrot’s eye, in the city’s darker moments, and thinks he sees a something there. It’s always fleeting, there-and-gone-again, replaced at once with that genial smile, but Vetinari’s too quick to miss it. We could raise cities together, he thinks, we could raze worlds, but he has a job to do. He is the man, and he has the vote, so he looks away and swallows.</blockquote>
