"I would not see them effectively used," Broadstone seconded. "They would be better in General Patrick's hands, if he claims to be able to sharpen them into the soldiers that he has elsewhere."
"For the sake of the war effort, I'd leave them to General Patrick," Rainheart said. "Even if we assume it will take a month for him to train them, that will entitle us to a further thousand men that we would otherwise not have had."
"…Can you make such promises?" Blackwell asked of Oliver.
"This is one realm where I have certainty," Oliver said. "I will make them useful. Even when you make it to Pendragon lands, General, you need not give me men that were meant for my betters. Give me the peasantry, all that have the health to fight, and I will make an army of them."
