He felt weighted down by guilt and regret for what might have been his last words to all of them.

Gee, I wonder who you could be referring to?" Owen said.

"I mean you," Erebus said. "I just did not wish to be rude."

"All you've been is rude." Owen muttered just under a whisper.

"Some minds are more capable than others." Erebus smiled at Hugh.

It is good practice to never fault someone for their birth name, being that it is always of far greater importance how men speak of you, than the name by which you are addressed.

Her courage seemed to collapse around her ankles like an old pair of elastic undies

Sometimes what we don't want is actually what we need.

It is hard to imagine the things you have never seen.