Why, Yrael?โ it said, as the last of the dark gave way to silver, and the shining sphere of metal sank slowly to the ground. โWhy?โ โLife,โ said Yrael, who was more Mogget than it ever knew. โFish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.
Garth NixWhen the dead do walk seek water's run, for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or broadest lake to ward the dead and have and make. If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guards it will be thy end.
Garth NixOw do you knock out a Denizen?" asked Suzy. "I tried it myself once or twice, but just hitting them never works." "It is not the force of the blow, but the authority with which it is delivered," quoth the raven.
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