“No one escorted either man, so no one knew what it was that Rodrigo Belmonte and Ammar ibn Kairan said to each other when they stopped their horses a little distance apart, alone in the world. Each man dismounted, however, after a moment... Then they faced each other again and Jehane could see Ammar say one last thin, and Rodrigo reply. Then they lowered their helms.” Best FriendsBlood BrothersFight To The DeathDeath Scene Book:The Lions of Al-Rassan Source: The Lions of Al-Rassan
“It would have been pleasant, the thought came to him, to be able to lay down their weapons on the darkening grass. To walk away from this place, from what they were being made to do, past the ruins, along the river and into the woods beyond. To find a forest pool, wash their wounds and drink from the cool water and then sit beneath the trees, out of the wind, silent as the summer night came down. Not in this life.” Blood BrothersFight To The DeathTragic Ending Book:The Lions of Al-Rassan Source: The Lions of Al-Rassan
“He blocked a low thrust, barely, cut forward with the motion - a difficult thing - and was parried, elegantly. Never a swordsman like this before. Never a match. Could it be called a dance? Should they embrace? Were they not?” TragicBlood BrothersFight To The Death Book:The Lions of Al-Rassan Source: The Lions of Al-Rassan