Spring 1095 SR
“Are you sure about this?” asked Captain Ecke.
“I heard it as clear as day,” said Ludwig.
“And tell me again how you came to be listening at the window?”
“We were testing one of the ladders, sir, and needed to make sure it could take the weight of a man. The tavern is the tallest building in the village and thus offered us the perfect opportunity.”
“You were specifically told that Regnitz was off limits.”
“Not quite,” piped in Cyn. “We were told not to ENTER the village, and we didn’t.”
Ecke gave her a withering glare. “I did not ask for your opinion, nor do I wish to hear it. The fact of the matter is you disobeyed orders.”
Ludwig had had enough. “No, Captain. The fact of the matter is Lord Gebhard isn’t going to pay us. You would do well to remember that.”
“You da
