There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.
John FlanaganWhat are you looking at, foreigner?โ the guard demanded roughly. The smile was a little unsettling. A prisoner shouldnโt smile at his captors like that. โIโm just making sure I can remember you,โ Gilan told him. โNever know when that might be useful.
John FlanaganThe two girls disappeared into the stern cabin once more. Will watched them go, then asked Halt, 'Anything you'd like me to do? Grow a beard? Learn to walk like a rooster?' 'If you could stop asking facetious questions, that'd be a start,' Halt told him. 'But it's probably a little late in life for you to do that.
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