An Overabundance Of Smiling

In Young Hercules: Cheiron's Warriors, one of the overused descriptions is that someone "smiled".

• 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.