"Vivec said, 'I brought you here because I knew the mightiest of my issue would succumb to Muatra without argument, if only I gave him consolation first.' "  
"Nerevar looked at Vivec for a long time."  
"Vivec understood. 'Say the words, Hortator.' "  
"Nerevar said, 'Now I am the mightiest of your children.' "  " Let this sermon be consolation to those who read it that are destined to die."