"Waiting," he continues, having secured her agreement thus far, "is of
course boring and unreliable. So what we really need to do is make
something happen, worthy of great Heimdall's gaze. Trick some enemy into a
foolhardy rush on what they have been assured are Asgard's flimsy old
balsa-gates. The horns sound, the heroes tramp out, wickedness is punished,
and who has time to read these days, anyway?"
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"Waiting," he continues, having secured her agreement thus far, "is of course boring and unreliable. So what we really need to do is make something happen, worthy of great Heimdall's gaze. Trick some enemy into a foolhardy rush on what they have been assured are Asgard's flimsy old balsa-gates. The horns sound, the heroes tramp out, wickedness is punished, and who has time to read these days, anyway?"