'Prince Arkven's wife Tistam used to ride into the battle with her husband and, according to legend, killed ten thousand thousand men.'
'That's a lot of men.'
'Legends are prone to inflation.'
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Abrim laughed. It wasn't a nice sound. It sounded as though he had had laughter explained to him, probably slowly and repeatedly, but had never heard anyone actually do it.
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Then there was the puzzle of why the sun came out during the day, instead of at night when the light would come in useful.