Ruan Kerban

The Kerban palpation manual is not a book of how to touch. It is a book of how to stop. In my family, only one person ever read it to the end.

• OllenA hand taught by books does not tremble. I'm not sure that's a good thing.
  Ruan KerbanI've come to a place that needs a hand that doesn't tremble.
• GarsaA human, opening a book on the mountain. I smelled the paper the whole way.
  Ruan KerbanIf you smelled it, I suppose you read the contents too.

Three days walking through snow, and I can no longer manage my expression. I told the camp it's just the cold.

• MirHey, you dropped your spoon eating soup earlier too. Was that the cold as well?
  Ruan KerbanIt was.
• Prince KalenThere's a fire at the lodge. Come by anytime, young Lord Kerban.
  Ruan KerbanI appreciate the kindness. But I don't sleep well before another man's fire.