"Gregg was a good one, Roy; he'd have made a guard if he had stayed."
A great pity . . . Gregg would have made a good guard.
He is heavy and active and should make a good guard or center.
From a distance he made a proper guard, though he was perhaps a little too rumpled to pass inspection up close.
The resulting impression is sent to a lab that makes a guard from the impression.
He had a small personal guard, mostly made of mercenaries, who were rewarded with loot and promotions.
It worked in spurts, and it made Marbury a much happier point guard.
The weather usually made a better guard than any force screen, not to mention the 500-kilometer-wide icewater moat surrounding the island.
If the wyrsa decided to cross the river, he did make a better rear guard than she did as soon as he got turned around.
He looked at me for a moment, then added: 'No offence, but you'd make a lousy guard; and, like you said, we need the horses.'