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If everything is done for me... how will I ever learn?

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Now for God's sake, will you two start behaving like a princess and a Courier? Halt told them. If you don't, I'll have to think about sending Will home.' 'Me?' Will said, his voice breaking into a high-pitched squeak of indignation. 'What's it got to do with me?' 'It's all your fault!' Halt shouted irrationally.
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You should have left him to wander,” Svengal said coldly. Erak looked at him, eyebrows raised. “Would you?” he asked, and Svengal hesitated. At the end, Toshak had fought well and that counted for a lot of Skandians. “No,” he admitted.
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All we could get out of them was that they were taking us to 'Kurokuma'. We didn't know if that was a place or a person. What does it mean, by the way?' 'I'm told it's a term of great respect,' Horace said, unwilling to admit that he didn't know.
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Now I know that if you wait until you think you are ready, you'll wait your whole life
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It's the Kalkara. they're hunting.
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He shook his head. He didn't know. He couldn't tell when he had woken fully. He walked to the horses. They definitely seemed alarmed. But then, they would. After all, he had just leapt to his feet unexpectedly, waving his saxe knife around like a lunatic.
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A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for 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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What do you mean, Araluen? Death? Halt made a careless gesture. The usual, I suppose: the sudden cessation of life. The end of it all. Departure for a happier place. Or oblivion, depending upon your personal beliefs.
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Halt looked up at the trees above him. Why does this boy ask so many questions? he asked the trees. Naturally, they didn't answer.
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Hunting party, Horace said Both Halt and Will looked at him sarcastically. You think? Will said. Maybe they found the deer and brought him back to repair him.
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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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You spoil your horse, Halt said. Will glanced at him. You spoil yours. Halt considered the thought, then nodded. That's true.
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Always expect trouble in the desert. Then you usually won't meet it.
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Sit down, Will. There’s a good fellow,” he said. “Yes, sir,” replied Will, and Halt’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. “He’s never called me sir,” he said. “Probably trying to get on my good side,” Crowley replied. Halt nodded savagely. “Probably.
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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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Shokaku is a crane of some kind.' 'For lifting things?' Will asked. 'For flying. A large bird type of crane,' she corrected him. 'In fact, as near I can Work it out, Shokaku means “a flying crane. 'Seems like a logical thing for a crane to do,' Halt mused. 'I suppose you wouldn't expect it to mean “a hiking crane or “a waddling crane.'
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It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.
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Don't worry, chief. We've got these Tualaghi surrounded - from the inside. Exactly, Erak replied dryly.
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It was safe to assume that the rider would be carrying a weapon of some kind. After all, there was no point in wearing half armor and going weaponless.
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