Without thinking, [Will] spoke.'Halt? Are you awake?''No.'....

“ Without thinking, [Will] spoke.'Halt? Are you awake?''No.' The ill humor in the one-word reply was unmistakable.'Oh. Sorry.''Shut up.'He pondered whether to apologize again and decided this would go against the instruction to shut up, so remained silent. ”

John Flanagan

From : The Emperor of Nihon-Ja