"“You don’t carry spears or bows?” “They’d just get in the way, sir. A sling doesn’t weigh hardly anything, and you can find good rocks anywhere.” “I thought the sling was just a child’s toy.” “Oh, no, Sergeant Khalor,” Althalus told him. “I carried a sling for years myself when I was younger. It kept me eating on a regular basis.” “Could a man kill a horse with one?” “Easily. The bone between a horse’s eyes isn’t very thick. I haven’t used a sling for a long time, but I’m fairly certain I could drop a horse in midstride from a hundred paces.” “That’s a little hard to swallow, Althalus." “I’ve taken rabbits at fifty paces — and a horse is quite a bit bigger than a rabbit.”"