ᏚᎧᏔᎾᏫᏍᏔᏅ ᏧᏍᏗ ᏧᏁᎫᏥᏓ ᏗᎧᏅ ᎭᏫᏂᏨ ᎤᎵᏍᎩᏃᏘᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎦ ᎤᏍᏘᏰᎬ. ᏃᎴ ᎨᏍᏗ ᎣᏍᏓ ᏯᎩᎪᎵᏰ, ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᏓᏴ ᎠᎩᏍᏘ ᎦᎶᏇ ᎬᏘ ᏲᎩᎾᏟᎳ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏰᎳᏍᏘ ᎬᏘ ᏲᎩᎾᏟᎳ ᏧᎾᏗᏔᏍᏗ. ᎢᏧᎳ ᏧᏍᏆᏙᏅ ᎨᏎ ᏓᏟᎲ ᎠᏫᏄᏣ ᏃᎴ ᎤᏛᏒ ᏥᎨᏎ.
He blinked his little vicious dark eyes beneath his upreaching, pyrotechnic white hair and registered scant interest in me beyond an assessment of how difficult I might be to kill in a formal pistol duel or an impromptu tavern knife fight, both of which he had successfully fought in his youth and middle age.