I think sometimes people would rather have a bad answer about things than no answer at all.

“They are gone now. Fled, banished in death or exile, lost, undone. Over the lan…”

“The skiff swung gently, drifting in the current. He undid his shirt to the wais…”

“A goodlookin horse is like a goodlookin woman, he said. They're always more tro…”

“The carrion birds sat about the topmost corners of the houses with their wings …”