Hogfather - Mental

'Ordinary mental, yes, I can deal with that. But he can be talking quite normal, and then-'

'Yeah.'

'Maybe the both of us could creep up on him and----'

'Yeah, yeah. And how long'll we live? In seconds!’

'We could get lucky --- ' Chickenwire began.

'Yeah? You've seen him. This isn't one of those blokes who threatens you. This is one of those blokes who'd kill you soon as look at you. Easier, too. We got to hang on, right? It's like that saying about riding a tiger.'

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Hogfather - p132