6/20/2023 0 Comments Court of fives series![]() ![]() ![]() We need to know when to cut our losses.” Even though it wasn’t their losses that mattered, not really it was the people they wouldn’t be able to save. “Well, things have been going since we set foot in this city. ![]() “Much longer and it’ll be morning, not evening.” “How much longer are we going to wait?” he asked. He stopped when Bettany looked at him, and turned it into a cough. Regardless, they got quiet, incredulous laughter from Sky, who had only been with them since the job before last. I captain this crew - I don’t rule it.” Ten years since Pearl had retired, nearly twenty since Bettany had run away with the Shipwrights, and some days those words still felt awkward in her mouth. “You said you didn’t like it, and you said we would have to be careful, and you said we needed a better plan, but if you’d said we shouldn’t we wouldn’t be here now.” Still, the innkeeper was about, and a girl was cleaning the next table over. It was late enough in the evening, in this small in on the outskirts of West Saro’s capital city, that the other travelers who frequented it had mostly retired to their rooms. “I told you we shouldn’t come to Saro,” Bettany said - but quietly. ![]()
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