" Tant blinked. “That’s it? That could have been anything.” “I survived many an ambush by being a paranoid old man,” Broden informed him drolly. “I listen to me instincts. A flash of light coming from near the foothills be queer—no man has business being over there unless he be up to no good. "

― Honor Raconteur , Arrows of Change (Kingmakers #1)