"Look out, Lizaveta, I'm coming!" he muttered, looking back at the road ahead. "Your time is coming to an end."
In a louder voice, Grimm asked, "What's the next town on the itinerary, General?"
"Brianston, Lord Baron," Quelgrum said after consulting his map. "I don't know much about it, but it should be a picnic after this bloody place."
"I think we'd better rest on the plain for a few days, General. We need some time for healing and recuperation, and I don't think Guy will be happy until we get him back in his own body; if he's ever happy, that is."
"I agree, Lord Mage. I hate to admit it, but I'm not as young as I used to be, and that fight has really taken it out of me."
"Brianston," the Questor mused. "It sounds like a nice, normal place to me."
"Don't bet on it," the General warned him. "I won't be happy until we're out of this whole damned region. If we rest up on Blagor Hill, here, we should be able to spot any unwanted incursions well in advance."
"We're in your hands, General. I just want you to know that I'm not about to take anything for granted, now. I've learnt a lot from this."
"We've all learnt a lot, Baron. I just want to say that I think you're beginning to shape up as a leader of men. Just think with your head a little more, and your guts a little less, and I think you'll be fine. It's a lesson I learned many years ago, and I've never forgotten it."
Grimm opened his mouth to speak, but shut it again. Nothing more needed to be said. Through overconfidence and misplaced trust, he had been lucky not to waste the life of a valued companion. He vowed never to make that mistake again. From now on, he would trust nobody.
The wagon rolled onwards, past the now unmanned checkpoints, out of Yoren and onto the wide, open plain.
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