The Black Tower Stands With

When You Saw Me With A Dagger In Hand - As If To Throw At You - You Didn't Call For Your Guards. You Didn't Fear I Was Here To Kill You. You Looked Over Your Shoulder To See What I Was Aiming At. That's The Most Loving Gesture I Think A Man Could Receive From A Woman. Unless You'd Like To Sit On My Knee For A While.

All Was Shattered, And All But Memory Lost, And One Memory Above All Others, Of Him Who Brought The Shadow And The Breaking Of The World. And Him They Named Dragon.

You're Welcome In My House When This Is Over. We'll Open A Cask Of Master Al'vere's Best Brandy. We'll Remember Those Who Fell, And We'll Tell Our Children How We Stood When The Clouds Turned Black And The World Started To Die. We'll Tell Them We Stood Shoulder To Shoulder, And There Was Just No Space For The Shadow To Squeeze Through.

A Man Can Get Killed In There.

Duty Is Heavier Than A Mountain, Dai Shan.' That Time, Lan Did Flinch. How Long Had It Been Since Someone Had Been Able To Do That To Him With Mere Words? He Remembered Teaching That Same Concept To A Youth Out Of The Two Rivers. A Sheepherder, Innocent Of The World, Fearful Of The Fate Laid Out Before Him By The Pattern.