Always it is thus with my new students, and especially with the human ones; the mind is the last muscle they train or use, and the one that they regard the least. Ask them about swordplay and they can list every blow from a duel a month old, but ask them to solve a problem or make a coherent statement and... well, I would be lucky to get more than a blank stare in return.
Christopher PaoliniThere is a proper way to greet the sentinels in Ceris, certain patterns and forms that you must observe when presented to Queen Islanzadรญ, and a hundred different manners in which to greet those around you, if itโs not better to just remain quiet.โ โWith all your customs,โ Eragon risked saying, โit seems as though youโve only made it easier to offend people.โ A smile flickered across her lips. โPerhaps.
Christopher Paolini