~Most people think time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction. But I have seen the face of time, and I can tell you: they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm. You may wonder who I am or why I say this. Sit down and I will tell you a tale like none you have ever heard.

~Trust not a man who has betrayed his master, nor take him into your own service, lest he betray you too. I learned the truth of this, to my sorrow, the day we arrived in Azad as the Sultan's honoured guests.

~He now had his prize, but for some unknown reason coveted the Dagger as well. Well, I would give him what he sought. I would plunge it into his foul and treacherous heart!

~I had faced my enemy, I had looked into his eyes, and I had lost...everything.

~....and though I fought until the desert sands themselves were red with blood; I could not bring back the dead.

~I had saved my own life- and did not even know it.

~Go then, my Prince. But know this. Your journey will not end well. You cannot change your fate. No man can

~Experience has taught me that wishful thinking only leads to disappointment.