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1 " It's called the Way of Water, Dexan. You tried to kill me, so now I get to keep your hat. - Kellen "
― Sebastien de Castell , Shadowblack (Spellslinger, #2)
2 " First thing you learn travelling the long roads, kid: language is as much in the way you speak as the words you choose. "
3 " Eventually Reichis asked, 'You know why this is such a stupid idea?''You said that already. Like, twelve times.''Yeah, but do you know WHY it's a stupid idea?'I stopped. 'Why?'Reichis shivered on my shoulder. 'Because this place is giving me the creeps, and I'm a squirrel cat - normally we're the ones giving other people the creeps. "
4 " Perfect,' she said, then promptly sat down in the dirt. 'I'm just going to sit here until the world starts making sense, if that's all right.''You might be waiting a long time,' I said. "
5 " Thank you... Kellen... Will you wait with me? Just a little longer?' - Seneira...'I'll wait with you,' I said. 'As long as it takes. "
6 " Here endeth the lesson, kid. "
7 " I’m going to go murder something.’ ‘It’s called hunting, you know.’ ‘Not the way I do it. "
8 " If you’ve never seen a squirrel cat before, picture a mean-faced cat with a big bushy tail and thin furry flaps of skin between his front and back legs that let him glide through the air in a fashion that somehow looks both ridiculous and terrifying. "
9 " It helps to think of him not as a two foot-tall squirrel cat but more of an eight-foot pissed-off lion. "
10 " I instinctively reached out to steady her. Unfortunately for both of us, at that precise moment she shifted her weight to catch her balance. Our foreheads collided with a painful thud, and worse - much, much worse - it's entirely possible that my lips brushed against hers in the process.'Did he just try to kiss me?' she demanded loudly. "
11 " She slapped my arm surprisingly hard. 'Not with words, with whispers.''But you said-''I said, you said... Stop saying! The spirits, the don't like loud things. That's why they come out here where it's quiet, where no people are. They don't need you talking at them, just whisper!'If it had been as simple as just whispering the words, that would have been easy. But it wasn't, as i discovered when she smacked me again. "That's just talking quiet. "
12 " She slapped my arm surprisingly hard. 'Not with words, with whispers.''But you said-''I said, you said... Stop saying! The spirits, they don't like loud things. That's why they come out here where it's quiet, where no people are. They don't need you talking at them, just whisper!'If it had been as simple as just whispering the words, that would have been easy. But it wasn't, as i discovered when she smacked me again. "That's just talking quiet. "
13 " אבל למען האמת, אם היה עליי למות, הייתי מעדיף שמי יהרוג אותי יהיה מכוער. "