If The World Is Ending, A Woman

For The Young, Death Is An Enemy They Wish To Try Their Strength Against. For Those Of Us A Little Older, She Is An Old Friend, An Old Lover, But One We Are Not Eager To Meet Again Soon.

Hardness Shatters; Strength Endures.

As He Did So, A Wind Rose Up Around Him, Around The Man Who Had Been Called Lord, Dragon Reborn, King, Killer, Lover And Friend.

It Was Easier To Trip A Fool Than To Knock Him Down.

You're Welcome In My House When This Is Over. We'll Open A Cask Of Master Al'vere's Best Brandy. We'll Remember Those Who Fell, And We'll Tell Our Children How We Stood When The Clouds Turned Black And The World Started To Die. We'll Tell Them We Stood Shoulder To Shoulder, And There Was Just No Space For The Shadow To Squeeze Through.