An Overabundance Of Smiling

In *Young Hercules: Cheiron's Warriors*, one of the overused descriptions is that someone "smiled". My jaw is sore just reading about it! ^\_~

* *Go, Jason!* Hercules thought with a **smile.**
* Then Kostas did something really scary: he **smiled.**
* Jason, now getting into it, **smiled** and took a swing at Iolaus's shoulder.
* "You're right, Herc," Iolaus said with a **smile.**
* Strife laughed his fake laugh, **smiled** his fake **smile**, and chuckled a fake chuckle.
* Ares **smiled.** "That was one of many reasons why I killed the old man."
* Ares **smiled.** "I have little use for dinars, Elias. Oh, feel free to donate something to one of my temples if you feel you must. I certainly won't stop you. But my interest is more... bloody."
* Elias returned the **smile.** "Warfare, I presume?"
* He was still **smiling**, but it was a greedy **smile** now.
* Ares sat on his throne sideways, left leg on the floor, right leg draped over one of the throne's flared arms. He **smiled.**
* Cheiron **smiled.** Those were good days.
* With a **smile** to himself, he thought, *If you'd told me when I was younger that I would enjoy the rigors of adulthood, I would have laughed. But that is the eternal folly of youth, as I see every day.*
* Cheiron simply **smiled** at them. That usually made them nervous, and they looked away.
* *Given that the person is late,* Cheiron thought with a **smile,** *it might well be Iolaus.*
* Cheiron allowed himself a small **smile**. "You have no idea."
* *Too bad*, she thought with a **smile.** *He's so much fun when he's upset.*
* Hercules had to **smile** at the grin on his friend's face.
* Jason **smiled,** "Oh, I think he's motivated now."
* Iolaus **smiled.** Obviously, Herc didn't want Kostas to hear this.
* Iolaus stopped **smiling.** The words sounded like the carefree Jason whom Iolaus knew and loved.
* Once again Iolaus **smiled**. *Okay,* he thought, *here comes the part where Herc tells Kostas he wants to go after Cheiron and Kostas says no.*
* Iolaus plowed through his as if it were his last meal. Hercules almost **smiled** at that.
* Lilith **smiled.** "Sorry, Hercules, I can't do that."
* Iolaus **smiled**. "Yeah, that could work. But, uh, I'd need to go alone."
* Hercules **smiled.** Lilith had met Alcmene when she'd joined him, Iolaus, and Jason for the festival of Persephone at his village.
* "Oh, yeah," Hercules said with a **smile**, "That'd be real rough, marrying some nice guy."
* Hercules **smiled.** "That's probably already saved my life once or twice."
* Lilith **smiled.** "That's great!"
* Hiding a **smile**, Jason thought, *Four of us, four of them. I get the feeling that was on purpose.*
* For the second time, he had to hide a **smile.**
* "As I suspected," Makhunni said with a small **smile.**
* Now Makhunni **smiled.**
* "Yes, Your Highness," Ophistus said with a nasty **smile.**
* Ophistus **smiled** as he got up. "With pleasure, Your Highness."
* **Smiling,** Gilmanides said, "I don't know. But that doesn't mean you wouldn't."
* **Smiling,** at Hercules, Iolaus said, "Go to it, buddy."
* Gilmanides **smiled** and then bowed to her. "As is his wife, as well."
* As Petros led him belowdecks, Hercules **smiled,** thinking, *We may pull this off after all.*
* "Let's check it out, then," Strife said with a **smile.**
* Discord **smiled** and blinked. On anyone else, the **smile** would have looked pretty and friendly.
* Then she **smiled**, thinking, *I like the sound of that. Have to remember it.*
* Ares **smiled** happily at the memory.
* *Mortals come and go so quickly,* he thought with a **smile.**
* Ares **smiled.**
* *And another spoke in the wheel of my plan,* the war god added to himself with a small **smile**.
* "This," Ares said with a **smile**, "is Graegus, my dog of war. He should be able to take care of my half-brother. Without Hercules, the other two will be easy pickings."
* **Smiling,** Hercules said, "Maybe not. I've got an idea. Come on, let's check out that ditch."
* Hercules **smiled** and put his arm around Iolaus's shoulder. "That's where you come in."
* The gods were **smiling** on Kaz today.
* Turning around, Lilith saw three more men enter through the door. They had vicious **smiles** on their faces.
* Makhunni actually **smiled.** "I'm afraid that we don't go for this sort of - decoration. Our tools and such are practical. We are creatures of the outdoors. In fact, even this room is uncomfortable for me."
* Makhunni **smiled** again, but it wasn't a very nice smile this time.
* Makhunni either scowled or **smiled** snidely.
* *Maybe speech-making boy brought home the bacon after all,* he thought with a **smile**.
* Hercules **smiled.** That was Iolaus's voice.
* **Smiling,** Elias corrected himself. "Your *half* brother figured you might be a pain. So he gave me a little help."
* He **smiled.** "Though I doubt any of us will mind if you choose to fight."
* Tyldus **smiled.** "Don't worry. I'm pretty sure I can convince this Captain Gilmanides that our need is great."
* "The slavers will not be joining us," Tyldus said, no longer **smiling.**
* Sinis **smiled.** "So instead I trade Elias's chains for Tyldus's? No, thanks, Cheiron."
* Sinis **smiled.** "Good. I didn't really want to stay here. Besides, I have an appointment in Corinth. Some boy named Autolycus wants to learn how to pick locks. If I'm lucky, he hasn't given up on me."
* Cheiron **smiled.** "Perhaps he thinks Ares will watch over him."
* "Come, then," Tyldus said with a **smile.** "Let us convince its captain that he should change course."
* For only the second time Jason saw Makhunni **smile**. A real **smile**, not the snide one he'd been using.
* Jason reached up and clasped Tyldus's wrist in a warrior's handshake. "It's an honor to meet you, sir." He **smiled**.
* "This is nothing," Hercules said with a **smile**.
* Cheiron **smiled**. "I knew he would."
* Cheiron's **smile** grew wider. "Congratulations, Jason. You have just learned the first lesson of diplomacy."
* Discord **smiled**. Ares **smiled** back.
* Discord **smiled**, and they both disappeared.
* Then Kostas actually **smiled**. Unlike the ugly **smile** he had used on Jason the other day, this was a real one.