"Does he have the authority to do that?" Oliver asked, surprised. "I can't see the local nobles being so quick to leave their cities and hand them over to us."
"Khan can be trusted… I want to think," Blackwell said. "It would spare us the burden of a siege. We could end this campaign far more quickly than any of us intended. We would be done within the year. I am drawn to that conclusion. Being away from the Stormfront for too long wears on me. I can not shake the feeling that we are in the wrong place."
"They would defend their cities all the more fiercely if they saw what we did to surrendered opponents," Oliver pondered.
