"As we began our journey towards home, the best pace I kept was barely that of Rose's, as the pace of a dog can far out run that of mine, and she oftentimes would gallop around a corner, vanishing from sight for a moment or two, before I would catch up and force her to stop, or I would die from exhaustion before any sword or arrow."
These sentences are too long, yet the chapters are way too short. BLAH?!