Chapter 35: Infiltration

They managed to make it to the edges of the Papal Swiss Guard camp without further incident mostly due to the suggestions grumbled out to Laurence from Geri. The Horotech was nervous which made him twitchy in obvious ways, such as dropping the halberd more than once.

"Remember," growled Geri to Laurence. "Stick to the outer ring of tents. We'll be following from the shadows. Ain't no-one going to see us for the torchlight. Keep your head down and repeat whatever greeting might be tossed your way." He gripped Laurence's shoulder as he gave the little man a nod. "Stick to that and you'll be fine."

"Yes, yes," came Laurence's nervous response. The nod he gave to Geri made his helm wobble on his head, but he just pushed it up as he swallowed. "Repeat what they say. Head down. First lone man near a tent. Got it." Then he stumbled a little, and almost lost the halberd again when Geri gave him a helpful push to get him going.