“Oh, right, you did mention that,” Zach said, deflating a little. “Man, I feel so angry at myself for never figuring that out before you told me. I never did manage to step through the gate myself, you know? Even when I carved my way through the defenders fast enough to avoid Quatach-Ichl showing up to get rid of me, the defenders always collapsed the gate before I reached it.”
“I still can’t believe you just made a direct, frontal assault on the Ibasan base instead of trying to infiltrate it,” Zorian said. “Why the hell did you think that would work?”
“I’m not good at infiltration,” Zach said with an unrepentant shrug.
“Besides, it almost did work. It’s not stupid if it works, right?”
They spent the rest of the journey home arguing about whether or not there was any difference between
