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== [[Literature]] ==

* Dr. Yueh, for Jessica and Paul in ''[[Dune]]''.

* In ''[[X Wing Series|Isard's Revenge]]'', Rogue Squadron is ambushed by an Imperial warlord's forces; the new [[Red Shirt]]s get killed, everyone gets damaged to some extent, and two others [[Ejection Seat|eject]]. The damaged but still flying Rogues, fighting against numerically superior foes, get a [[Big Damn Heroes|dramatic rescue]] from another Imperial sect which politely tells them to go with them before more of the warlord's people show up. They do so. Very soon after the ''Errant Venture'' hyperjumps onto the scene, sees the mingled Imperial and New Republic debris, and assumes that the two forces annihilated each other. They recover the two survivors, allow one to pretend to still be dead, and retreat back out of Imperial territory with the horrible news. Meanwhile, the Rogues are in Isard's hands, and she wants them to [[Cloning Gambit|kill her clone.]]

* In one of the early ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' books, Zedd fakes Kahlan's execution in a way that requires ''her'' to think she's been executed. The way the magic works, everyone involved except the caster must think the execution is genuine when the spell is cast. The result is a [[Reality Warper|reality warping]] spell that makes everyone think you're dead.

* In the fourth book of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Cersei gets news that {{spoiler|Davos}} is dead. That is all we hear about it until the fifth book, when we see his side of the story. {{spoiler|Davos is locked in one of Manderly's nicer cells until he finds out that Manderly has killed someone in his place. Manderly's goal was to gain the trust of the Lannisters while simultaneously forcing Davos to secretly go fetch the Stark heir in exchange for Manderly's allegiance to Stannis.}}

 

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