The Resentful - Part 6

"You ask us towards war, General Patrick, knowing the risks, knowing we could love everything that we have," the old man said. "And still, I find myself thinking that a strong fight would be better than whatever outcome remains. I will be lucky to see another year. The only hope I have for the future of my House is in the cause that you deliver to us. You need not ask for the swords of my House, for I give them freely to you. House Reed will fight alongside you. Every man in our hundred man garrison will be on the field beside you. As will mine own sons. And to the rest of you, that remain hesitant, I do declare that I will be on the battlefield myself, wielding a sword in place of a cane. I can at least kill one man, and see the war effort contributed to."