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’And that limitation may prove te takes place, the T’lan Imass may find themselves directed to a new purpose’

’What more have we learned of the summoner?’

’She accompanies Brood’s army’

’How far away?’

’Six weeks’

Hetan snorted ’They are slow’

’They are a srowled ’And cautious I find no fault in the pace they have chosen The Septarch intends to take Capustan in a single day, but he well knows that the longest he can safely take to conclude the siege is six weeks Once he fails in his first effort, he will step back and reconsider Probably at length’

’We cannot hold for six weeks,’ ItkovianOld Daru’s front street and fixing on the high walls of the ancient keep that was now the Thrall

’We must, sir,’ Brukhalian replied ’Shield Anvil, your counsel, please Kulpath’s can at Setta -- there were no K’Chain Che’Malle to hasten that siege Its duration?’

’Three weeks,’ Itkovian ier city, sir, and the defenders were unified and well organized They stretched to three weeks a siege that should only have required a week at most Sir, Capustan is smaller, with fewer defenders -- and disputatious defenders at that Further, the Tenescowri has doubled its size since Setta Finally, the Beklites and Urdoht contest Six weeks, sir? Impossible’

’We must make the impossible possible, Shield Anvil’

Itkovian’s jaw clenched He said nothing

Within sight of the Thrall’s high gates, Brukhalian stopped and faced the Barghast ’You have heard us, Hetan Should the clans of the White Face grasp the spear of war, how many warriors will march? How soon could they arrive?’