ALL LIVES ARE OF INTEREST TO ME. The figure said, but it did not step closer.
"Well, mine isn't interesting," Rincewind replied, so utterly petrified with terror that he'd somehow gained a temporary backbone. "If it's all the same to you, we'd rather not die today. Plenty of other people out there, taking risks. Being interesting and getting themselves killed. Go, er, bother them."
His false bravado was already slipping, but Waver was helping. His presence dulled the sharp stabs of doubt emanating from the other things. It cushioned their stabbing remarks. It helped him focus.
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"Well, mine isn't interesting," Rincewind replied, so utterly petrified with terror that he'd somehow gained a temporary backbone. "If it's all the same to you, we'd rather not die today. Plenty of other people out there, taking risks. Being interesting and getting themselves killed. Go, er, bother them."
His false bravado was already slipping, but Waver was helping. His presence dulled the sharp stabs of doubt emanating from the other things. It cushioned their stabbing remarks. It helped him focus.