He didn't want it, but I thought he was just being ... is stiff-necked the word? If I had known how upset he was, well --" "He practically fell apart out there in front of everybody. If I understand how things work, that would have been his disgrace, right?" "... Yes. Exchanging honor for loyalty in front of peers, it's an important thing. At least the way I run things; I'm sure Pilgrim or Dataset can say a dozen other ways to lead. Look Johanna, I needed that Exchange, and I needed you and Scrupilo to be there." "Yeah, I know. 'We two saved the day.'" "Silence!" Her voice was suddenly edged, and Johanna remembered that this was a medieval queen. "We are two hundred miles north of my borders, almost to the heart of the Flenser Domain. In a few days we will meet the enemy, and more of us will die for we-know-not-quite-what." The bottom dropped out of Johanna's stomach. If she couldn't get back to the ship, couldn't finish what Mom and Dad had started... "Please, Woodcarver! It is worth it!" "I know that. Pilgrim knows it. The majority of my council agrees, though grudgingly. But we of the council have talked with Dataset. We've seen your worlds and what your science can do. On the other hand, most of my people here," she waved a head at the camp beyond the tent,
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