"You said progress is a river master," Beam said. "But you also said that even though you can get a sense for its nature, you can never truly understand it. Maybe you're trying too hard to understand it. Maybe you just need to stop thinking and keep trying."
Dominus' eyes widened at the advice. To Beam, he had said one thing, but for Dominus, it had clicked, and ended up meaning something entirely different, something far more profound than what the boy had uttered.
He nodded his head slowly, and smiled. "Indeed," he said. "Indeed."
Chapter 23 – Hell Unleashed
Beam slept for longer than he usually might have. From dawn until dusk – that was when his duty on the frontline of the forest defences began. But though it was dawn in title, it wasn't true dawn. It ended up being thirty minutes after first light, giving the men waking up for their dawn shift enough time to eat.
