"I could just assume you'd jump out of the ambush and capture the witch before she had a chance to kill me. I

"I could just assume you'd jump out of the ambush and capture the witch before she had a chance to kill me. I could just as well imagine that you'd make a mistake, arrive a moment late, and my life would be forfeit. But in the name of Cayden Cailean, the one thing I could never have imagined was a horde of horned monsters, howling in a hundred voices, pouring down from all directions! But then I looked more closely at their leader and recognized my loyal assistant – and indeed my future General! I couldn't have been happier if you were an angel come down from the skies."