Gates of Fire (2007)
“He insisted that these never behold him prone upon the earth, but awake always to the sight of their enomotarch on his feet and armed.
This night Dienekes slept even less. I felt him stir and roused myself. “Lie still,” he commanded. His hand pressed me back down. “It’s not even past second watch.” He had dozed without removing his corselet and now creaked to his feet, all his scarred joints groaning. I could hear him crack the bones of his neck and hawk dry phlegm from the lungs he had seared ...at Oinoe, inhaling fire, which wound like the others had never truly healed.
“Let me help you, sir.”
“Sleep. Don’t make me tell you twice.”
He snatched one of his spears from the stacked arms and shouldered his aspis by its sling cord. He took his helmet, seating it by its nasal into the warpack he now slung across his shoulders. He gimped off on his bad ankle. He was making for Leonidas’ cluster among the Knights, where the king would be awake and perhaps wanting company.
Across the cramped confines the camp slumbered.MoreLess
This night Dienekes slept even less. I felt him stir and roused myself. “Lie still,” he commanded. His hand pressed me back down. “It’s not even past second watch.” He had dozed without removing his corselet and now creaked to his feet, all his scarred joints groaning. I could hear him crack the bones of his neck and hawk dry phlegm from the lungs he had seared ...at Oinoe, inhaling fire, which wound like the others had never truly healed.
“Let me help you, sir.”
“Sleep. Don’t make me tell you twice.”
He snatched one of his spears from the stacked arms and shouldered his aspis by its sling cord. He took his helmet, seating it by its nasal into the warpack he now slung across his shoulders. He gimped off on his bad ankle. He was making for Leonidas’ cluster among the Knights, where the king would be awake and perhaps wanting company.
Across the cramped confines the camp slumbered.MoreLess
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