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Seeing James’s discomfort, Ranon said, “I think that’s the problem, Burle The cold boxes don’t ithout Craft, and landens can’t do Craft”
“There aren’t any youths in your village who are interested in earning some pocket s have been hard here You just need to look around to see it And I know there have been bad troubles here between the Blood and landens But the fighting is over, and fro in Eyota These people are here because you all decided you illing to work together to build a new life Isn’t that so?”
“Yes,” Ranon said
“So” Burle looked at James “Cold box is more dependable than ice The spell needs to be renewed on a weekly basis” Now he looked at Ranon and Rogir “Around Weavers Field, where I coo to the neighboring landen village where soe a fee for s are tight here and no one has much coin to spare, but these houses also have a tank for hot water that needs Craft too So it see three coppers a week for both spells would be fair At least for this first little while”
“I can ask around the village and see if anyone is interested,” Ranon said
We could do those spells, Wynne said
We know our Craft, Duffy said
The men looked at one another No one had noticed the Scelties joining them
“Well,” Burle finally said “You coive them a try Then we’ll see”
What happens if they do it wrong? Ranon asked Burle
Then I guess I’ll be buying that landen family another cold box or ice chest, Burle replied as he and the Scelties went into one of the houses
“We didn’t expect you for a few ir said
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“Mine too,” Ristoff said “Moore is about a day behind us with the rest of the landen families and livestock”
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“No, sir We had help” James shook his head and sounded like he still didn’t quite believe what had happened
Jaego nodded, then looked at the other guard “Ristoff and I took the liberty to make some decisions on the Queen’s behalf”
Ranon stiffened, then forced himself to relax Hadn’t he also taken the liberty toto serve as guards in her court, he had to show some confidence in their decisions—at least until those decisions proved unworthy of that trust “Explain”
“People are still feeling plenty uneasy, and ere concerned about the landen fao said “Especially since so the uprisings Some animals, and a couple of women with a lot more men”
“Two days out, we stopped at a Coaching station on the outskirts of a village,” Ristoff said “Showed the Coache from the Queen’s Steward, and told them that she wanted these craftse as part of her plans to restore Dena Nehele They had heard of sos Lady Cassidy has done already to help restore our land, so they offered their livestock Coach and a passenger Coach Since it required several trips, and we had to load the wagons into the livestock Coach after the anireed on a spot south of the Heartsblood River as a place to disembark”
Jaego called in soh marks to cover the usual fares, but the Coachmen didn’t name a price Those papers indicate the nuons and livestock taken They said they’ll accept whatever fee the Queen deems fair”
“They did ask that we mention their names,” Ristoff said “They wanted Lady Cassidy to know there are others beyond her court who are willing to serve in their oay”
The ripples froed so much