“Had not enough gone wrong?”

“We will carry your message. May your swords stay sharp," said Brom."And yours.”

“Eragon looked back at him, confused. "I don't understand.""Of course you don't," said Brom impatiently. "That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around.”

“And Peter laughed, and when he did, all the Devils grinned, because Peter's laugh was a most contagious thing.”

“Had not enough gone wrong?”

“Go and play. Run around. Build something. Break something. Climb a tree. Get dirty. Get in some trouble. Have some fun.”

“Help her," Peter pleaded. "Do something. You have ways. Your potions. Your medicines. Do something.”

“Almost lost you," he thought, surprised to find himself blinking back tears. "Been through too much, me and you. We're going to finish this thing together.”

“Demon or not, it didn't matter, suffering was everywhere he looked.”

“Madness,' Nick called. 'That's all I've found here. Does Avalon breed insanity? Is that the nature of magic, to drive everyone out of their minds?”

“How much blood will it take to make them stop? How many more children must die?”