And if you get a limb lopped off don’t come crawling back to me – gods, I can’t believe I just said that. Of course you can come crawling back to me, just be sure to bring the limb along.’ ‘You don’t possess High Denul, Pearl, so what point in bringing back the limb?’ ‘I’d just like to see it, that’s all.’ ‘If I do come crawling back, Pearl, it will be to stick a knife in your neck.’ ‘With those cheery words you can go now, dear.’
