"Then, if I had your permission…" Oliver said. "I would find that option useful."
"How long do you wish for?" Samuel said. "I assume that you wish to be a part of the next patrol, given how you spoke to my Lord at the last meeting. Then, your time frame would only be set to a week. Do the odds still stand if the time frame is simply a week?"
"That is what the odds were based on," Oliver said. "I cannot afford to leave my men for any longer than that."
