CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
RISPAN
The coffee served by the café was far superior to anything we’d been able to manage on the trail. I reveled in it silently as I watched people in the area go about their business. You could learn a lot by watching people. I’d always done this naturally, but the training we had received before our trip to Pokorah-Vo had taken it to a whole new level. I’d refined it even further in practice on the mission.
The street that ran through the city from one gate to the other was the main thoroughfare. There was a lot of business and foot travel. Mostly I saw Ashae, but there were also a number of human and Loiala Fé.
The guards were only semi-alert. This told me that they were competent enough but didn’t expect serious trouble. Considering the only access to the gate
