Chapter nineteen
The Battle of the Kazzchun RiverAt the queen’s express command Kapt Seg wore a bronze harness garnished with golden rosettes. His bronze helmet fitted close, and the blue and white and yellow feathers flew high above on their golden spike. His tunic was of red velvet, lustrous and cunningly changing in hue and tone with the angle of the lights. He strapped on his own drexer, and a plethora of other weapons also. He looked a fitting figure to command an army.
At Kapt Seg’s express wish and desire the queen wore a bronze harness, garnished with golden rosettes. Her helmet with its feathers framed her face glowing with passion and conviction in the right and in victory. She wore the Kregan arsenal of weaponry, and Seg’s heart joyed in her.
Above them lofted the flag the qu
