The vessel’s unexpected rise in speed was unlikeanything he had ever experienced aboard a Black Ship. The doors parted to show two men. When the first of them came to hover before its new mistress, Einar suddenly remembered. The jailor winced.
Moderately sentient beings—like animals, insects, and birds—are alsoslowed or simply flee. Once you are sure that no warriors remain alive, start taking adetailed census. Looking west again, by this time he could barely see the fleet. “I live to serve,” he said quietly.
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