"More like have Kendra here deliver the killing blow," Ray said cheerfully, having obviously been eavesdropping, too. "We really don't know what it is that's keeping him alive - I mean, obviously it's got to be science - but I assure you, it's true that he's hard to kill."

Kendra elbowed Ray fiercely.

"All we know, is that there's something to it," Len growled. "So I'm telling you so you don't blunder in and get yourself killed because you don't believe in magic, okay?"