You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.

“Trees there were, old as trees can be, huge and grasping with hearts black as s…”

“I knew enough about adults to know that if did tell them what had happened, I w…”

“There was something sly about his smile,his eyes so black and sharp, his rufous…”

“Yes. We both have a bad feeling. Tonight we shall take our bad feelings and sha…”