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. "He'll want
to keep the action secret and they are the only force loyal to
the Theiwar throne. Besides being excellent soldiers, they
are all derro, and a few of them are spell-casting savants like
Pitrick. They'll leave at dusk, since they will be virtually
blind during the day."
"How long do you think that will take?" Flint pressed
somewhat impatiently.
"It's not that simple!" Perian cried. "There are many
things to consider! The troops are in excellent parade shape,
but we - they have not fought in battle aboveground, well,
ever, during my time in the Thane's Guard, which is more
than thirty years.
"He should take a fortnight, minimum," she decided at
last. Mindful of Flint's grateful nod, she quickly added, "But
Pitrick will push them to leave in half that time, maybe less."
He looked at her, seated at his feet on the moss, in sur-
prise. "Fine. We can't possibly be there in less than three
days ourselves." He turned to Basalt. "You see, I - we vowed
on our honor that we would not leave the gully dwarves,
and I will not break that vow. So the Aghar are going to
have to come with us. But it will take me at least two days to
find some way to get three hundred gully dwarves all mov-
ing in the same direction for nearly twenty miles
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