Post by unpopularprophet on Aug 5, 2011 19:54:45 GMT -5
Behr's eyebrow lifted an imperceptible amount at that. It was a smaller number than he would have expected... and that wasn't good. Loyalty to Rahl was keeping men from defending D'Hara... or rather...
Alice saw all this. No one else in the room, not even Johann, who had worked with Behr for years, had noticed the tiniest change in expression boding a cut off thought. But she saw. And would get answers... later.
"Then, I shall break my men up into groups of varying size, some as low as four, some as large as fifty. There are some Gifted in Bandakar our wizard,Bás Chiúin, has trained over the years- we shall see how many are willing to volunteer. Ideally, every group would have a wizard, but..." Behr and Torak settled into discussing tactics. While Johann, Sigurd, and Bertram remained standing, Alice slowly and inconspicuously leaned on a tent pole, to conserve energy. If her suspicions were correct... she would be leaving much sooner, and she didn't want to travel tired.
Alice saw all this. No one else in the room, not even Johann, who had worked with Behr for years, had noticed the tiniest change in expression boding a cut off thought. But she saw. And would get answers... later.
"Then, I shall break my men up into groups of varying size, some as low as four, some as large as fifty. There are some Gifted in Bandakar our wizard,Bás Chiúin, has trained over the years- we shall see how many are willing to volunteer. Ideally, every group would have a wizard, but..." Behr and Torak settled into discussing tactics. While Johann, Sigurd, and Bertram remained standing, Alice slowly and inconspicuously leaned on a tent pole, to conserve energy. If her suspicions were correct... she would be leaving much sooner, and she didn't want to travel tired.