Hey Atticus, do me a quick favour before we go? its easy. Sure. What is it? Hold Granuailes staff for just a minute. You know, rest it on the ground so that its like a walking stick or something and the top of it is near your right cheek. Granuaile and I traded weapons to humor him and I stood as instructed. Thats perfect! Now say this like Sir Ian McKellen I am Atticus the White, and I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.
Kevin HearneOh, I know. Theyโre dwarfs pretending to be elves. No, theyโre not dwarfs either. Okay, okay, theyโre โlittle people,โ Iโm sorry! Canโt believe I have to be politically correct when youโre the only one who can hear me.
Kevin HearneItโs best not to experiment on yourself. Bacon practically froze himself to death in one of his experiments and died of pneumonia.โ {Right! Bacon must be heated. Knew that already, but thanks for the reminder.}
Kevin HearneFlidais clapped her hands in delight. "Oh, I bet he nearly shat kine!" That made me laugh - I hadn't heard that expression in a long, long time. I refrained from telling her that the modern expression would be "he had a cow", because I liked the original better. "Yes, the kine he nearly shat would have fed several clans.
Kevin HearneThat is a noble idea, though I think it far to generous," Jupiter said. "Once a decade should be sufficient." "I would rather be too generous than not in such cases." "As you wish." [One day, Atticus was amazed to discover that when Jupiter said, "As you wish," what he really meant was "I love you."]
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