The Banners - Part 5

Blackwell looked at him coolly. "And you did not? I thought you understand, Ser Patrick, why it is that we Generals find our strength? It comes from our men. Our men give us the power to fight like Gods. Without them, we are merely men of the Fourth Boundary. You and our General Rainheart merely duelled as that – as men of the Fourth Boundary. And in an hour, you shall do the same with General Broadstone. You had better steady your heart before then, and wipe that foolish look off your face. You make a far less impressive victor when your door hangs open like a dullard."

"A duel merely between Fourth Boundary men indeed," General Karstly parroted, wearing that smile of his. "So why then, good General Blackwell, did we see such a one sided battering?"