Ben reached me, and I handed him the reins of Gimli.
"Fifty? Why so few? Every able man is needed. And why aren't you leading your men?!" Lord Eon asked with a frown. Anger began seeping into his voice.
Well, too fucking bad for you Eon, you useless sack of space. I was not about to let my workforce march off to war and get killed for something they didn't give a shit about. Fifty-six men had willingly signed up, and that's all I was going to take.
But of course I could not say that to him.
"Every able man is gathered, my lord. You're welcome to inspect the remaining townsfolk yourself. Of course, you might not make it to Gulltown in time." I told him while walking down the steps to my beach.
"Answer me Lord Baelish!? Why do you not answer the summons of your Lord!?" Eon asked as his hand dropped to his sword.
I did not stop walking, but I did turn around to address him. "Our Lord has different plans for me, Lord Eon. I will meet you at Gulltown, I give you my word. In fact, when you arrive, the gates may already be open!" I yelled.
My feet hit the newest pier of Baelish Keep, and there was a man there waiting on me. A man whose beard and hair was beginning to gray but hadn't quite gotten there yet.
"Are we ready Davos?" I asked the man who would be named the 'Onion Knight' in a different life.
Stannis would get the opportunity to knight him, and name him, as Davos was going to bring supplies to the besieged Storms End once the war got well and properly under way. But for now, Davos was my man and it would be very very hard to pry him from my hands.
I paid him outrageously well, after all.
"Yes, my lord. We're ready to set sail."
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