There's only so far you can push a horse before it collapses

“The ghost was not a ghost at all, or so it claimed - it claimed to be a psychic…”

“But why?" Vimbai whispered, overwhelmed with the weight of accumulated disbelie…”

“God has a way of guiding us sometimes”

“The bird Gamayun was related to Alkonost and Sirin in some vague fashion--even …”