Vlad Taltos - 08 Dragon by Steven Brust

Author:Steven Brust [Brust, Steven]
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Vlad Taltos
ISBN: 9780312866921
Publisher: New York : Tor, 1998.
Published: 2010-02-28T09:00:00+00:00

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"That is a lot to carry."

"The cot is awfully comfortable, though."

"How—never mind."

Virt didn't answer the question I'd almost asked, but silently watched him along

with me. He probably expected to serve as a foot soldier all his life, perhaps

someday reaching the rank of corporal. He gave the impression of perfect

contentment with his lot. Virt seemed to share my thoughts; eventually she said,

"There are worse lives than that of the soldier, you know."

"Evidently," I said. "But you'll never be content with it."

"Me? Oh, no. If I'm killed in battle, it'll be on the way up the Tanks."

"And what about Napper?"

"Him? You know, I think he's every bit as contented with his life as Dortmond."

"What about her?" I asked, gesturing toward a slim lady who had just walked up

to Dortmond. "She looks, oh, I don't know. Peaceful. Nice. Friendly. Something like

that."

"Neera e'Lanya. She is. As sweet a girl as you'd ever meet. She's the peacemaker

whenever two people in the squad start getting on each other's nerves."

"And now you're going to say that, in battle, she turns into a berserker, right?

Dragon rage, spitting, killing with her bare hands?"

"You got it."

"She's really like that?"

"She really is."

"Dragons are weird," I said.

After the evening meal, such as it was, I was called to the Captain's tent once more,

and once more the Captain seemed a bit nervous, and once more Morrolan was

there.

"Well, Vlad," he said. "Are you prepared to strike another blow for freedom?"

"Is that what we're doing?"

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"No, but it sounds better than helping a wealthy and powerful aristocrat maintain

his wealth and power."

"Have you been listening in on my conversations?"

"No, why?"

"Never mind. What do you want me to do?"

"Fornia," said Morrolan, "likes to send troops into battle with a full belly. It—"

"The dastard," I said.

"—would be to our advantage, then, if that proved to be impossible."

"I imagine. You're expecting them to attack?"

"It seems likely. They've brought up a number of units, and ours are still arriving.

The longer they wait, the stronger we are. Mill's brigade should be arriving

sometime tomorrow morning between the eighth hour and the ninth; if they're here

before the action begins, we should be able to mount a nice counterattack."

I nodded and didn't express my thought about how "nice" a counterattack was

likely to be. I said, "All right. Yeah, I'll interfere with their breakfast. You have

something specific in mind?"

He did. I laughed, though it wouldn't be all that funny to the soldiers on the other

side. I said, "Won't that just put them in a bad mood?"

"Yes. No doubt their officers will blame it on us and give them good rousing

speeches. But it'll also disorganize them and delay their attack. And, of course, it

won't help their morale to realize that we can get in and out of their camp any time

we like."

"Well, that's what I signed on for," I said. "Where are they?"

"Downriver about half a mile.

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