The Kings of Clonmel: Ranger's Apprentice Book 8 (Ciltli)

"You can swim, I assume?" Halt asked.

"Yes. A can swim. But I'm not going jumping off some bluff just because you say so!"

"No, no. Of course not. That'd be asking far too much of you. You'll jump off because if you don't, I'll shoot you with an arrow. It'll be the same effect, really."

"You can't be serious' Do you really-" But he got no further. Halt leaned forward, putting up a hand to stop the outburst. His face was quite close as he spoke.

"Colly, take a good, long look into my eyes and tell me if you see anything, anything at all, that says I'm not deadly serious." Halt nodded as the other man's gaze slid away from his.

"Good. Now we've got that settled, you should try to get some sleep. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow."