Chapter 11Our weapons, aside from the dragon at our disposal, were limited. Each of the princes had a sword, as did I, though with little knowledge of its use. We had kitchen knives and farming implements. And we had the sea, which we gathered into every bucket, bowl, cup and goblet we could scavenge, placing a few in every room and at strategic points about the outside of the tower. Being able to throw liquid fire into an opponent’s eyes at any moment could only be an advantage.
It was the work of hours, and throughout Tristan and I debated endless questions of tactics and strategy. He was a trained warrior, as he pointed out numerous times, and I was not, but I would not entertain the notion of being packed away into the water with the truly helpless—which was to say, the animals and Ge
