Laughing at him, Gentry curled back his hand and was about to strike Caedrasp as other junior officers had been beaten when Caedrasp grabbed the arm from the air and snapped the wrist cleanly. Guardsmen let out violent oaths and would have taken their vengeance, but Caedrasp had the most muscular Kozaki men go with him for this meeting, and after a brief tussle, Gentry’s guards were disarmed and sitting on the floor.
Nursing his broken wrist, Gentry informed Caedrasp of the direst punishments in store for him. Smiling darkly, Caedrasp pulled an inner scroll that gave Caedrasp immunity from any crimes less than high treason, or giving aid and comfort to the enemy, which in this case meant proven enemy. Showing this to an unbelieving Gentry, he said, ‘Let us see which of us is now punished,
