People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.

His parents called him Youngster. They did this in the subconcious hope that he might take the hint. Wensleydale gave the impression of having been born with a mental age of 47.

He's out of his depth on a wet pavement.

The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.

What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.

Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.

Child. That was a terrible thing to say to anyone who was almost thirteen.