"And you would tell me to push, and make sure I get my share?" Vol asked. "The same person telling me not to cause a stir?"
"There is a difference between allowing yourself to be walked over and causing a stir… But you are right. We ought to say nothing. We have no need for coin," Harland said. "I suppose I am still Yarmdon at the end of the day… Even my instincts get the better of me."
The battered Harlen and Swil watched the two of them, stunned, and they watched the other Sea Serpents with the same looks of horror. It wasn't only their overwhelming strength. It was the complete nonchalance with which they'd fought the battle and concluded it. They were stood covered in blood, and yet they'd calmed themselves down as soon as the last man had fallen. Enemies of this quality were hardly enough to get their adrenaline pumping.
"…Where did you find these men, if I might ask, Lady Farseer?" Swil said, his voice uncharacteristically quiet.
