01 Honoured Enemy by Feist Raymond

Author:Feist, Raymond [Raymond, Feist,]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T11:23:36.342000+00:00

the treeline to rest, but forbade them to light fires. The afternoon sun, however, was relatively warm and in the still air it was actually rather comfortable. Soon nearly all the men had drifted into an exhausted sleep, including Dennis. Brother Corwin was quietly tending to the wounded, seeing to their comfort, working with skilled hands to clean an arrow-wound in the arm of one of Asayaga's men, who wandered over to watch. The priest deftly bandaged the wound, laid out a blanket for the soldier to rest upon and stood up, wiping his hands. He saw Asayaga watching. 'All these men have been pushed beyond the limit,' Corwin said slowly, speaking in the manner one does when talking to a foreigner and is not yet sure of his skill with the language. Asayaga grunted and said nothing in reply. 'Even the men without hurts need several days with a roof over their heads, plenty of hot food and sleep. If I could get the wounded into shelter I think I could save all of them as well.' 'Perhaps there is something ahead,' Asayaga ventured. 'This is a strange place. It's on no map.' 'You have a map?' 'Ones I saw in the monastery,' Corwin replied quickly. 'I studied them before coming up to join the army.' 'Where are you from?' 'Many places, but from Ran originally. Why?' 'Just curious. How far from here?' 'A month or more by caravan.' 'And this is your first time in battle?' 'No,' said the monk, obviously not wishing to repeat his personal history. 'I've seen a scuffle or two. I joined the order late, I was in my thirties when I got the calling to serve.' 'Why?' 'You are full of questions, Tsurani.' Asayaga smiled. 'It is my job to learn. I understand there was some trouble regarding you. You didn't start with this unit, they found you and as a result a close friend of Hartraft was killed.' 'How do you know that?' 'I have ears, I listen when the Kingdom troops talk. They all speak of it.' 'Two of my brothers and I were coming up to join the army. We got lost. My brothers were captured by one of your units. I fled and stumbled into Hartraft's company. I ruined a surprise attack they were planning and in the chaos that followed Hartraft's closest friend and advisor was killed.' Asayaga nodded thoughtfully. 'Which unit of my army?' 'How am I suppose to know? You all look alike to me.' 'You all look alike to me, except for the Natalese scout. Which unit?' 'I don't know. Why?' 'If Hartraft destroyed one of the units of my army I'm curious to know.' 'It all happened so quickly,' Corwin said slowly, as if the memory of the incident was still painful. 'One moment the forest was empty, the next Tsurani troops were everywhere and I ran.' 'Their helmets. Some are marked with feathered plumes, others with coloured cloth wrapped around the top,' and as he spoke Asayaga pointed to the strip of faded blue cloth tied to the back of his helmet.

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