You won't even take your bow? Are you planning to throttle a moose with your bare hands, then?

There will be no yelling at people who are bleeding themselves to unconsciousness.

While I was looking the other way your fire went out. Left me with cinders to kick into dust, what a waste of the wonder you were

I've been afraid of being Cansrel,' she said aloud to her reflection. 'But I'm not Cansrel.' At her elbow, Musa said blandly, 'Any one of us could have told you that, Lady.' Fire looked at the captain of her guard and laughed, because she wasn't Cansrel- she wasn't anyone but herself. She had no one's path to follow; her path was her own to choose.

If we knew a person was going to die, we'd hold harder to the memories." Fire corrected him, in a whisper. "The good memories.

Part of avoiding thoughts about something was not encouraging opportunities for that something to makes itself felt.

Wonderful," Garan grumbled when he'd gone. "We'll grow a reputation for our kindness to lawbreakers.