"What kind of a man is King Steppengard? What temper has he got? A man who keeps eight other would-be kings in line by talking instead of fighting," demurres Bannock, "must have some kind of golden tongue!"
"I can't believe that the others on this Council in Dassen all cow to this idea of a Ragesian army marching into the country, especially the Lords whose ground the bastards' route will cover. What kind of steward o' the people would you be to let 40,000 outsider troops through your holdings, making camp in your fields and holdfasts while they leech your food and rape your women? If I was one of 'em, I'd be rallying my people and my allies to fight! If that's not already happening, then Dassen's a country of cowards, or else somethin's fishy on their Council."
"I can't believe that the others on this Council in Dassen all cow to this idea of a Ragesian army marching into the country, especially the Lords whose ground the bastards' route will cover. What kind of steward o' the people would you be to let 40,000 outsider troops through your holdings, making camp in your fields and holdfasts while they leech your food and rape your women? If I was one of 'em, I'd be rallying my people and my allies to fight! If that's not already happening, then Dassen's a country of cowards, or else somethin's fishy on their Council."
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