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The battle, if you could call it that, lasted no more than a few seconds.
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Anyone can make a mistake.... It's how they learn from it and recover from it that shows their true worth.
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Erak. The one they call the Oberjarl, the Arridi answered him. Impulsively, Axl took a pace forward, raising his ax threateningly. You'll have to go through the rest of us to take him! he shouted defiantly. Well done, Axl, he said. You've just told them I'm here.
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How can you stay so calm? It helps if you're terrified.
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Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,” he said, almost to himself. “There’s only one reason I can think of that they might do that,” Umar said. “That’s if they are going to execute them.” Will lookd at him for several seconds before speaking. “Well, that’s a big comfort.
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People will think what they want to, he said quietly. Never take too much notice of it.
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Keep practicing, he told her.Until I get it right? she said. But he corrected her.No. Until you don't get it wrong.
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Horace, who had been trying to find out the meaning of Kurokuma for some time now, was pleased to hear the translation. Black bear, he repeated. It's undoubtedly because I'm so terrible in battle. I'd guess so, Will put in. I've seen you in battle and you're definitely terrible.
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Oh, it's a case of 'they think I'll think that they'll do A, so they'll do B because I wouldn't think they'd think of that but then because I might think I know what they're thinking they'll do A after all because I wouldn't think they'd think that way,' Will said
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I nearly forgot, Ragnak had a further message for you. He said if we lose this battle and loses his slaves as well, he's going to kill you for it, he said cheerfully. Halt smiled grimly. If we lose this battle, he may have to get in line to do it. There'll be a few thousand Temujai cavalrymen in front of him.
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Would you trust him with your life, Halt? Gilan interrupted, and Halt looked up at him. Yes, he said quietly. Gilan patted his shoulder once more. Then trust him with his own, he said simply.
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Shut up, Axl! he whispered fiercly. If you want to break your neck, do it quietly or I'll break it for you.
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Once you best a man, never gloat. Be generous and find something in his actions to praise. He won't enjoy being bested but he'll make a good face about it. Show him you appreciate it. Praise can win you a friend. Gloating will only ever make enemies.
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Sometimes, life threw up problems that even the wisest, most trusted mentor couldn't solve for you. It was part of the pain of growing up. And having to stand by and watch was part of being a mentor.
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Now, said Halt, all I have to do is work out a way of beating these horse-riding devils. Erak grinned at him. That should be child's play, he said. The hard part will be convincing Ragnak about it.
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But then, in his lifetime, Halt had often ignored what was technically legal. Technicalities didn't appeal to him. All too often, they simply got in the way of doing the right thing.
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She didn't like the fact that she had reduced a man – no matter how evil he might be—to a drooling idiot.
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You surely can't be trying to blame us for Erak's habit of charging ashore waving an axe and grabbing everything that isn't nailed down? No offence, Svengal. Svengal shrugged. None taken. It's a pretty accurate description of Erak on a raid, as a matter of fact.
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In a month, the passes into Teutlandt and Skanida will be open and my companion and I will be on our way. He paused and Philemon frowned, trying to understand what he was being told. You want us to come with you? he asked, at last. You expect us to follow you? Halt shook his head. I have no wish to ever see any of you again, he said fl
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Now, if you two will excuse us, we'll get back to the relatively simple buisness of planning a war, he said. -Baron Arald
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Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine
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