" Halt sighed in exasperation. “What is it with you Araluens? Are you all afraid of a little fall?” He began hauling the rope up, coiling it over his shoulder as it came. “It’s not the fall that bothers me,” said Duncan. “It’s the sudden stop at the end. "

― John Flanagan , The Tournament at Gorlan (Ranger’s Apprentice: The Early Years, #1)