Dead Years
Just firing up those cogs in my mind was enough to send me spiraling. i was on the edge of a panic attack well before the group talk got to me.
One Last Opal, pt 3
How can a clock maker create a clock from the viewpoint of a cog? the big picture is lost when a tinkerer too close to their work." de'anna, however, was sympathetic. "dear corwin...
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book X Chapter 29
"you sure have some cogs or levelers here somewhere, there is no way one could behave and talk like that. you're stiffer than an icicle. blink once if you need help, i'll find the one who charged you up" coriza chuckled softly. "ah yes.
The artificier pt1
What she wants is to make the village stronger and better not just become a cog in it. she knew the one thing her mother would not scorn her for doing nor speak about her wedding after doing it and she did it.
Pale Reflection
How many wrongs could the system keep lumping onto the helpless cogs in the brutal machine before one of them snapped off and took the whole thing down in flames? a chime from the kitchen reminded him that he had forgotten to take his medicine.
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book III Chapter 8
Suddenly every cog in her head started turning, the darkness was no longer hindering her sight, for a moment she was every single piece of furniture in her room.
Chapter 4: Beguile at Farpoint
Slowly but surely, the cogs in his head turned over as thom watched bru's expression. “what did you do?" “now, thom. you have to understand…" bru held up his hands as thom took a threatening step forward. “what the hell did you do, bru!?"
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book X Chapter 56
Do you really need to treat the people you lead like they were some cogs in a machine to be an effective, sole leader?
Everwinter Ch13: Ripples of doubt
I knew how to disrupt the fireball by pulling at the right spot, like removing a cog so that the machine spins down instead of spiraling out of control." "exactly, and soon you'll be able to sense it all around you.
The Gibraltar Dive Disaster
The fact that all of his pay was tied up in getting the thing there, and he wouldn't see so much as a single cog if he failed to deliver it, definitely made him more cautious than he otherwise would be.
Bahamut's Light: Chapter 15
I won’t be a cog within this machine to discredit lumara, especially when it’s not deserved.” “deserved? you think that those in power of your kingdom don’t deserve some justice?
Explorations: Chapter One
There he had been so bored, not really feeling like anything more than a cog in a machine with the single goal to survive, to propagate.