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Bean bit into a doughy roll filled with soft cheese and thinly sliced chicken. “Hmm. This is better food than these poor buggers around us can afford. Some of these men were forced from their homes with just the clothes on their backs. No time to pack or even say goodbye.”
“b****y thugs, Jarand’s soldiers,” muttered String.
“Be fair. Not all of them, String.”
Tarkyn grimaced. “Yet another problem to sort out. Jarand has gone but I’ll have to find a replacement for Jarand’s general. He has bred a culture of brutality and disrespect for the people of the south. How will I find someone with integrity to replace him?” Without waiting for a reply, Tarkyn followed his own train of thought aloud. “In my opinion, it should be someone from the southwest. Possibilities I have considered: Colo
