The King's Peace
“That's why I don't want to be tribuno." He leaned in to the stall, and Beauty shuffled forward, almost treading on my foot.
"Oh Masarn, but I usually stay with the ala, or Urdo is here. This is an emergency!" "I don't know if you've noticed, but people have been saying 'This is an emergency' in that tone of voice ever since Caer Lind, and that's seven years.
I'll keep doing it for now, but as soon as things calm down even a little, I don't want to be a tribuno. I don't care about glory, I like ...regular meals, I hate worrying all the time." I stood up—my back clicked as I straightened—and I automatically started one of Larig's Malmish stretching exercises. I had been riding too much and not doing anything else for too long. "Do you think you'll be all right working under someone else as tribuno, now?" I asked.
"I should think so. But I'm not sure I even want to be a decurio anymore. Being an ordinary arrmger and being told go here and do this is more like it, and even that, well.
Well," he hesitated, "I've got a wife and some little children growing bigger, and I like to see them now and then.MoreLess
"Oh Masarn, but I usually stay with the ala, or Urdo is here. This is an emergency!" "I don't know if you've noticed, but people have been saying 'This is an emergency' in that tone of voice ever since Caer Lind, and that's seven years.
I'll keep doing it for now, but as soon as things calm down even a little, I don't want to be a tribuno. I don't care about glory, I like ...regular meals, I hate worrying all the time." I stood up—my back clicked as I straightened—and I automatically started one of Larig's Malmish stretching exercises. I had been riding too much and not doing anything else for too long. "Do you think you'll be all right working under someone else as tribuno, now?" I asked.
"I should think so. But I'm not sure I even want to be a decurio anymore. Being an ordinary arrmger and being told go here and do this is more like it, and even that, well.
Well," he hesitated, "I've got a wife and some little children growing bigger, and I like to see them now and then.MoreLess
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