Military folk," Neal said with exaggerated patience, shaking his head. "The only way you know to solve problems is by beating them with a stick.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know." Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?

Why does he speak of them that way?" The crow-man wanted to know. "They are humans, just like he is." "I don't think he sees them as just like him." Ally explained. "He is foolish then," said Nawat. "There are more raka than Bronaus.

One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.

You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.

Either i've turned stupid, or life's turned hard.