“I ain’t in the habit of flattering anybody. People think I’m special because I punched an Elf for Tib’rin, but I treated that Goblin like the dirt on me boots when first we met. It took me days before I’d look him in the eye. And the first time ye met him, ye were as kind to him as ye’d be to anybody. Ye may not be a better hero than me, Niln, but I’ll have Baedrun’s boots if ye ain’t a better person. In the end, maybe that’s worth more than all me strength.”
