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. That
will be the fastest way to die. We're going to be careful. But
Sturm and I have to be able to depend on you two being
here just in case one of us needs to come back for help.
Understand?"
Tas nodded slowly, trying to ease his disappointment
with the sudden understanding that Tanis was trusting him,
depending on him.
"And I can count on you?"
"Yes, you can count on me," Tas said solemnly.
Privately he thought that staying behind, no matter how
virtuous it made him feel right now, might be just the least
bit boring.
Despite the cold and the bitter wind chasing snow in
through the open doorway, Tanis found a smile for the
kender. "Good. Now why don't you give Flint a hand, and
tell Sturm that we should be leaving."
For a moment it seemed to Tanis that his charge
wouldn't hold. He saw the struggle between what Tas
wanted to do and what he'd promised to do written on his
face as easily as though he were reading one of the kender's
precious maps. But it was a brief war, and in the end, Tas's
promise won out.
Sturm emptied both his and Tanis's packs. He took up
two small hand axes, tested their blades, and prepared to
leave. Tanis, preferring his bow and quiver if danger should
arise, left his sword with Flint
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