" Royce dismounted and handed the reins of his horse to Hadrian. “I’m going to scout up ahead and make sure there are no surprises waiting.” He left with surprising swiftness in a hunched run. He entered the shadows of the ravine and vanished.

“How does he do that?” Alric asked.

“Creepy, isn’t it?” Hadrian said.

“How did he do what?” Myron stared at a cattail he had plucked just before they left the lakeside. “These things are marvelous, by the way. "

― Michael J. Sullivan , Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2)