{{quote|“I’m"I'm your bodyguard, Kai,”" Shale said. “One"One of us has to be ready. Remember when those sky nomads tried to pinch you?”" Shale smiled fondly, in the way a man might while remembering a youthful romance. “Or"Or that time when we got trapped in the Tendrils of Sashim?”"<br>
“Sure"Sure do. You carried me . . . how far?”"<br>
“A"A good fifty miles,”" Shale said. “Lords"Lords. That was ... that was over a hundred years ago now, wasn’twasn't it?”|[[Shale]], about himself {{book ref|ps|1}}.}}"