Pick
Pick verb - To catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use.
Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- They make rather a lot in terms of cash and gifts from their patrons, who are mostly nobles or rich merchants and are free to selectively pick and choose who they will take as clients.
Source: Literature / Nightrunner - More specifically, she doesn't pick up where she left off, but rather continues her rant as if she wasn't "paused", but more like she was "muted".
Source: Un-Paused - There were three possible endings to the game, and rather than pick one as canon, they instead hint throughout the game that all three occurred, to one degree or another.
Source: Broad Strokes
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