“Good. Such surprises do little to improve my disposition on a day when my life has barely been spared.” He stared at the bodies in the rain for a moment, then continued, “What is to be done about the rimahniya who escaped? Should we seek them out rather than wait for them to strike at us again?”
His advisor shrugged. “The rimahniya are renowned for their stealth and their ability to hide. Trying to hunt them down would be nearly impossible with our resources. I’m afraid there’s little we can do, Your Highness, except remain alert at all times. Our mission is too important to stop now. We may try to hide our tracks a little better, though I doubt that’ll have much effect. Better to go on as we’ve been doing, and hope that the difficulty of our journey will prove equally deterring to our e
