You could cut the animosity between the marching troops with a sword. Rand noted how his men marched wide of the Perdanese and Vixen troops. He did not blame them, he had animosity towards them himself, but he held his head up high and continued on.
“We approach the hour of destruction Ruan, this push into Bescanon will neither be a victory or a defeat†Squinting his eyes he tried to make out some banners at the front of the procession.
With a sigh he continued “Almost all of Highmarch troops are here, if this goes badly … I shudder to think on how we will hold the front at home.â€
Ruan nodded “About Home†he handed a dispatch to Rand, he glared at it.
“Bloody Monsters, I thought we killed of the last batch terrorizing Aestus†Rand crumbled the dispatch and threw it on the ground. “Nothing to be done about it now, we will have words with the Militia Commander when we get back … if we get backâ€
Rand steered his horse around a small contingent of men, he could not make out the banner, and the Phalanx matched his turn with precession and continued on.
Rand spurred his horse on in irritation “QUICK MARCH†he bellowed and the Phalanx marched on.
And in the distance the crows and vultures where already circling.
