The Legion of Videssos (2011)
“THE LOOKOUT CALLED FROM HIS PERCH HIGH ON the Conqueror’s mast.
“Och, the gods be praised!” Viridovix croaked. “I thought them after forgetting the word.” The Gaul’s normally ruddy face was sallow and drawn; cold sweat slicked his red hair and long, sweeping mustaches. He clutched the Conqueror’s starboard rail, waiting for the next spasm of seasickness to rack him.
He did not wait long. A puff of breeze brought the stink of hot oil and frying fish from the ship’s galley astern. It set him retc...hing again. Tears ran down his cheeks. “Three days now! A dead corp I’d be if it was a week.”
In his anguish he spoke Celtic, which no one on board—no one in this entire world—understood. That, though, was not why the crew and the diplomats he accompanied eyed him with curiosity and pity. The waters of the Videssian Sea were almost glassy calm; it was a wonder anyone could be taken sick in such fine weather. Viridovix cursed his feeble stomach, then broke off when it took its revenge.MoreLess
“Och, the gods be praised!” Viridovix croaked. “I thought them after forgetting the word.” The Gaul’s normally ruddy face was sallow and drawn; cold sweat slicked his red hair and long, sweeping mustaches. He clutched the Conqueror’s starboard rail, waiting for the next spasm of seasickness to rack him.
He did not wait long. A puff of breeze brought the stink of hot oil and frying fish from the ship’s galley astern. It set him retc...hing again. Tears ran down his cheeks. “Three days now! A dead corp I’d be if it was a week.”
In his anguish he spoke Celtic, which no one on board—no one in this entire world—understood. That, though, was not why the crew and the diplomats he accompanied eyed him with curiosity and pity. The waters of the Videssian Sea were almost glassy calm; it was a wonder anyone could be taken sick in such fine weather. Viridovix cursed his feeble stomach, then broke off when it took its revenge.MoreLess
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