Tamora Pierce: "Memang Tidak. Berhentilah menendang saya, Daine. Anda...

"Memang Tidak. Berhentilah menendang saya, Daine. Anda mengerti, dia sangat penting bagi sejumlah bangsawan dan penyihir yang kuat di Tortall. "Suara Numair tenang, hampir ramah; matanya keras." Keagungan mereka. Lady Alanna dan suaminya, baron Pirate's Swoop. Saya. Kita semua akan menganggapnya salah jika kita berpikir sejenak dia sedang diremehkan, terutama oleh seorang pemuda yang tidak bebas melakukan hal yang benar olehnya. "" Numair, "geram Daine." Boleh aku bicara dengan Anda secara pribadi sejenak? "Tidak. Menginjak kakiku juga tidak akan berhasil. Apakah aku membuat diriku bersih, Pangeran Kaddar?"

--- Tamora Pierce

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Indeed Not. Stop kicking me, Daine. You understand, she is very important to a number of powerful nobles and mages in Tortall." Numair's voice was quiet, almost friendly; his eyes were hard. "Their majesties. Lady Alanna and her husband, the baron of Pirate's Swoop. Me. All of us would take iit amiss if we thought for a moment she was being trifled with, particularly by a young man who wasn't free to do the right thing by her." "Numair," Daine growled. "Can I speak to you privately for a moment? "No. Stepping on my foot won't work either. Do I make myself clear, Prince Kaddar?