Master.” For several minutes, no one spoke. Eragon tried to guess what the elf was thinking, but could glean no information from his masklike visage. Finally, Oromis stirred. “Were you, perchance, given a trinket of some kind in Tarnag, Eragon?
He had never liked Sloan. The butcher always.
If I am to avoid becoming what I hate, then I have to leave .
Glaedr crouched low to the ground, and Oromis nimbly climbed up his leg and into the saddle on his back. “Come, Eragon and Saphira. We have much to talk about.” The gold dragon leaped off the cliff and circled overhead, rising on an updraft.
The soldiers cringed.
Now she had a weapon.
It occurred to him that perhaps this was how shooting stars were made: a bird or a dragon or some other earthly creature snatched upward by the inexorable wind and thrown skyward with such speed, they flamed like siege arrows. If so, then he guessed he, Saphira, and Glaedr would make the brightest, most spectacular shooting star in living memory, if anyone was close enough to see their demise so far out to sea.
What of it? If you don’t make a few enemies every now and then, you’re a coward – or worse. Besides, it was worth it to see his reaction.
Because you can’t argue with all of the fools in the world. It’s easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they’re not paying attention.” Brom opened his hand, and a pile of coins glinted in the light.
You were right. But I don’t condemn her for it. Trianna deals with the world in the best way she can, as do we all. I understand that, even if I don’t approve, and understanding – as Oromis said – breeds empathy.
A person’s mind is his last sanctuary. – Brom.
The Cripple Who Is Whole,” murmured.
Opposite this was a long bar, a fortress with raised drawbridges that protected casks of lager, ale, and stout from the horde of thirsty men who assailed it from all sides.
I was as mute as a rock lizard?
We are no longer awkward younglings. Our enemies may be fearsome, but so are we. It is time we remind them of that.
Eragon wondered, dismayed. Bigger than Glaedr, that was certain. As big as Belgabad?
Bring honor to your clan,” said the dwarf.
Think without thinking, so that you act as if out of instinct and not reason.
It took Eragon a moment to remember that Aren was the name of Brom’s ring;.
Strive for wisdom! Or at least a decrease in idiocy.