01 - Valnirâs Bane by Nathan Long - (ebook by Undead)
Author:Nathan Long - (ebook by Undead) [Long, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Warhammer
Published: 2011-05-03T07:00:00+00:00
TWELVE
There Is No Good Decision Here
After a half hour of utter darkness and silence it seemed safe to light torches, and all breathed sighs of relief. All except Oskar. The soothing effects of Gustafâs draught were wearing off and he began to look around uneasily and mutter about, âThe weight. The stone. There is no air.â
âWhy ever did you decide to become a soldier, gunner?â grumbled Hals. âIs there nothing you ainât afraid of?â
âI never meant to be a soldier,â murmured Oskar, slurring a little. âI was mâlord Gottenstetâs secretary. I wrote his correspondence for him. Read it too. Illiterate, the old fool. But one dayâ¦â he sighed and stopped.
The others waited for him to continue, but he seemed to have forgotten he was talking.
âOne day, what?â asked Pavel, annoyed.
âEh?â said Oskar. âOh⦠yes. Well, one day I was with mâlord as he was surveying some land he owned. He wanted to build a, a hunting lodge I think it was. And while the surveyor was using his plumb line and his measuring sticks to calculate distances and heights, I was guessing, and coming right almost to the foot. I picked out far away things that the surveyor needed his spyglass to make out. âSigmarâs lightning, lad,â says Gottenstet. âYâve the making of a fine mortar man.â And nothing would do but he must send me to the Artillery School at Nuln. Me! A scholar! I tried to tell him that though my eyes might be strong, my insides were weak, but he would have none of it.â He shrugged. âOf course I didnât help matters by coming out top of my class. I liked the work: making the sightings, calling out the degrees, but on the fieldâ¦â He shivered and hugged his shoulders. âDid you ever see the fire from the sky? The thing with the mouths.â He looked around him suddenly as if waking up, his eyes widening as he took in the close stone walls, the low ceiling. âThe weight,â he murmured. âSigmar, save us, the weight. Canât breathe.â
Reiner grimaced, uncomfortable. âGustaf, give him another sip, will you?â
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