The guards shifted nervously and whispered to each other.

The guard whispered, "There'll be a dude waiting for you.

The guard let a Brother through; whispered that the way was clear between two unused buildings.

"Hate is what keeps him afoot," whispered one guard to the other.

"The governor's coming in three days," the guard whispered.

"No guards," he whispered when the helmsman turned his head to look.

"This chamber is empty," the guard whispered, grasping the handle of a door behind us.

A peephole opened, and the guard whispered something to the doorman inside.

Out on the street, another guard ran up and whispered something to the corporal at the head of our group.

"One of the Aged Ones that we had left behind is following us," the guard whispered to her.