I am a Smedry, and we do ridiculous, unexpected, eccentric things like this all the time! Ha-ha!

Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once.

I have a smoke grenade in my room," I said. "What?" Megan asked. "How?" "I grew up working at a munitions plant," I said. "We mostly made rifles and handguns, but we worked with other factories. I got to pick up the occasional goody from the QC reject pile." "A smoke grenade is a goody?" Cody asked. I frowned. What did he mean? Of course it was. Who wouldn't want a smoke grenade when offered one?

I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately, when the fate of the world is in question, you use whatever tools are available.

I still doubt it will work." "You'd doubt the sun's rising if you weren't proven wrong each day," Raoden said with a smile.

I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.