The suggestion both surprised and disturbed Hyrald. ‘Your help would be appreciated. We’re city people, as you’ve gathered — not at our best out here, by any means. There are far too many surprises for us. But we are fugitives with the Death Cry proclaimed against us. If we’re caught, you’ll probably be fighting for your life before you get a chance to explain who you are. I don’t know what a shoreman does to survive in this place, but I doubt fighting’s one of them. I’m afraid we’re not a happy find for you and we may well be unhappier company.’
‘That’s for me to judge,’ Endryk said, with an odd smile. ‘As for the fighting...’ He opened his arms expansively. ‘A little care should avoid that. There are plenty of vantage points and hiding places even here, and there are more as we move inl
