Quickest
Quickest adverb - Most quickly.
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- Blind taoist monk Cho often presents pearls of wisdom such as "Remember that haste makes waste, for the quickest path between two lines is a straight point, but don't leave your keys on the table because dinner will be ready in five minutes."
Source: Koan -
Rather than waste time hiding or just wandering around aimlessly, as a real animal might do, it gets straight to the point and attacks the hero by the quickest route, despite having no apparent reason to do so.
Source: Animal Assassin -
Slap on the wrist WMDs: played straight gameplay wise for balance reasons but in-universe averted to high hell using nukes or just about any Weapons of mass destruction is the quickest way to get everyone to stop shooting each other and start shooting at you.
Source: Tabletop Game / BattleTech
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