People want incongruous, impossible things.

How acutely sometimes the presence or absence of people mattered

He laughed. "I know you're teasing me. And you should know I'm not easily humiliated. You may hunt for my food, and pound me every time we fight, and protect me when we're attacked, if you like. I'll thank you for it.

Why are you still here?" she asked. "Shouldn't you be in a cave somewhere inspiring people?

I thought it was supposed to be impossible to sneak up on you. Eyes of a hawk and ears of a wolf and all.

There's no shame in crawling when one can't walk.

If her enemies were Brigan's friends and her friends were Brigan's enemies, then the two of them could walk through the world arm in arm and never be hit by arrows again.