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‘I think I’ll need to reconsider ht that falling back to the next breastworks every night would give the church arroups, anyway Sorgan’s stakes will delay the to take theer I think I’ll revise the plan and tell the men to hold each breast-works for two days instead of only one’

‘Whatever works the best, old friend,’ Padan agreed

Narasan looked off to the north ‘It’s just a bit skiht frown

‘You s and such sticking up out of the Wasteland out there, and that’s about all that those church soldiers will be able to see when they get up here Those crags have a sprinkling of the iold on them, but they aren’t nearly as ian’s cousin Torl was anywhere close to being correct about what brought the churchies running up here, a few sprinkles should be all it’s going to take,’ Padan disagreed ‘It’s what they’ll see when they reach Gunda’s wall that’s important That’s e’ll want their minds to shut down to the point that it won’tup the slope toward thereed to overcouess,’ Narasan said

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Andar of Kaldacin was standing behind the eighth breastworks on the slope that ran down from the north of Gunda’s wall, and he was seriously discontented He kept encountering things here in the Land of Dhrall that see his career in Commander Narasan’s army, but the enemies in those past wars had always been huiven so the previous war, but Andar had been left behind in the army encampment near the port city of Castano He’d felt a bit flattered by Narasan’s decision to place him in command of the bulk of the army that had remained behind, but that had also left him behind, and he resented that

In a certain sense, Narasan’s habit of always pushing Andar aside had probably been the result of the fact that Andar’s father had been housed in a different building from Narasan’s when the current officers were all children Narasan’s almost automatic reliance on Gunda and Padan had obviously derived from early childhood Narasan trusted Gunda and Padan more than he trusted other officers of equal ability because he knew them better

Andar ruefully admitted to himself that he would most certainly have relied on his boyhood friend Danal in much the saht along the eastern horizon began to clilorious pink

‘Any activity out there?’ Danal asked as he joined Andar behind the crudely built breast-works

‘Nothing yet,’ Andar replied in a hushed voice