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Horace normally didn't need anyone else to save his life. He was pretty skilled at doing it for himself.
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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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Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine
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I'll build mine tomorrow, Horace said through a mouthful of food. This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you!
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The battle, if you could call it that, lasted no more than a few seconds.
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What about you three, where are you going? Even before Halt answered, Will knew what he was going to say. But that didn't make it any less terrifying or blood-chilling when the words were said. We're going after the Kalkara.
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I'll be getting you for this,' Halt had told him as he dabbed the diguisting mixture on the worst of the cuts. 'That soot is filthy. I'll probably come down with half a dozen infections.' Probably,' Horace had replied, distracted by his task. 'But we'll only need you for today.' Which was not a very comforting thought for Halt.
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What are you looking at, foreigner?” the guard demanded roughly. The smile was a little unsettling. A prisoner shouldn’t smile at his captors like that. “I’m just making sure I can remember you,” Gilan told him. “Never know when that might be useful.
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You can always win points. Winning people’s respect is a lot more important.
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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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Ah, Signor Halt,' he said uncertainly, 'you are making a joke, yes?' 'He is making a joke, no,' Will said. 'But he likes to think he is making a joke, yes.
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He'd just have to lie there and die, watched over by strange stars who didn't know him, didn't care for him. It was very sad, really.
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The two girls disappeared into the stern cabin once more. Will watched them go, then asked Halt, 'Anything you'd like me to do? Grow a beard? Learn to walk like a rooster?' 'If you could stop asking facetious questions, that'd be a start,' Halt told him. 'But it's probably a little late in life for you to do that.
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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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I said, names aren't important, he repeated. There was a silence between them for some seconds, then the Ranger said: Do you know what is important? Will shook his head. Supper is important!
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But I wasn't happy... when I heard you two had assaulted Castle Macindaw with just thirty men,' [said Halt]. 'Thirty-three,' mumbled Horace... The Ranger gave him a withering look. 'Oh, pardon me... three more men does make a lot of difference.
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Halt shook his head. Frankly, he'd seen sacks of potatoes that could sit a horse better than Erak
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It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish.
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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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They have terrified my poor wife and threatened my very person! Halt eyed the man impassivley until the outburst was finished. Worse than that, he said quietly, they've wasted my time.
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