Quotation

"And was there anything else the Roush told you that you haven't bothered to mention?" Silvie asked, lying three feet from him. To preserve body heat, the Forest Guard normally slept side by side if caught out in the desert, but she didn't seem eager to follow the practice. "They told me two things," Johnis said. Darsal grunted and slumped to the ground on his other side. "Wonderful." He was now flanked by two beautiful, grumpy women. Wonderful indeed. "Well?" Silvie pressed. "What did they tell you?" Johnis cleared his throat. "The first thing they told me was that I was chosen at birth to save all of you." Silence. "The second was that I will die."