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Always expect trouble in the desert. Then you usually won't meet it.
John Flanagan
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I'm not really interested in being king. I prefer to work for a living
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Mikeru was still puzzling over Horace's last remark. He frowned. 'Kurokuma, these shenanigans... What are they?' 'Shenanigans are what Rangers do. They usually involve doing things that risk breaking your neck or your leg.' Mikeru nodded, filing the word away. 'I will remember this word,' he said. 'Shenanigans. It is a good word.'
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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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Looks like he's lost a guinea and found a farthing, Horace said, then added, unnecessarily, Will, I mean. Halt turned in his saddle to regard the younger man and raised an eyebrow. I may be almost senile in your eyes, Horace, but there's no need to explain the blindly obvious to me. I'd hardly have thought you were referring to Tug.
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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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Halt Halt, said Gilan stepping out into the open.
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Do you think you could put that boot back on? he added mildly. The window can only let in a limited ammount of fresh air and your socks are a tough ripe, to put it mildly. Oh, sorry! said Horace, tugging the riding boot back on over his sock. Now that Halt mentioned it, he was aware of a rather strong odor in the room.
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