" The child, who could not have been more than four, kept his eyes fixed upon Nakor, who at last placed his free hand upon the child’s face a moment. When he removed it, the child’s eyes closed and he slumped against the Isalani’s chest. ‘He’ll sleep. It’s better for him. He’s too young for such horror. "

― Raymond E. Feist , The King's Buccaneer (Krondor's Sons, #2)