He could bear the dying, but not the disappointment.

Sometimes," Halt continued, "we tend to expect a little too much of Ranger horses. After all, they are only human.

You should have left him to wander,” Svengal said coldly. Erak looked at him, eyebrows raised. “Would you?” he asked, and Svengal hesitated. At the end, Toshak had fought well and that counted for a lot of Skandians. “No,” he admitted.

She didn't like the fact that she had reduced a man – no matter how evil he might be—to a drooling idiot.

It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.

Shut up, Axl!" he whispered fiercly. "If you want to break your neck, do it quietly or I'll break it for you.

Sometimes I'm so devious I confuse myself.