Chapter 18Following his call to Battle Alert, Taithur outlined the way forward that he felt should be followed. He had not reached his insight through strict logical analysis so he offered no close reasoning in justification, leaving it to those who wished to sketch in such structure as they felt might be there.
He simply asked his followers to listen to him and then, if their hearts so led them, to accept his guidance. He was completely unaware of the fact that when he spoke in this way he carried far more authority than that which the travellers had formally vested in him. Such opposition as might have occurred, due to the natural fragmentation of the group now they were away from the ship, simply melted away.
Thus the travellers imposed a discipline on themselves far more severe than
