Not advisable is spread thickly over this entire situation. - C. J. Cherryh

It had been a parting-gift, from a man he had begun to love, one he had wished had been his father. But in Morgaine's service there were only partings - and deaths.

For another — you can move faster than she can. You are as recognizable as she is. And you are willing to take cover. We are not so certain about the dowager.

Their minds were geared to the old problems and to their own problems and their own politics.