The Warrior Returns - Anteros 04
“I approached with extreme caution. I'd already dodged swarms of patrol craft flying the Lyre Bird's flag. They were bristling with armed men, and each carried an Evocator to sniff for magical contraband But I knew the delta region well: where the fog banks and hidden coves were most likely to be; where the coastline was most deserted and would offer the most ideal cover.
I leapfrogged from fog bank to cove to fog bank. Several times I slipped into a cove and climbed a hill to spy on the patrol ...ships. Once, I saw a patrol run down a petty smuggler. They boarded the ship, searched it, and seized some cargo from the hold.
This was not so unusual. All civilized people have regulations to protect their trade. Under Orissan law—the Orissa I'd last seen five decades before—the ship, its captain, and the crew would have been arrested and made to stand trial. The penalties would range from heavy fines to imprisonment Perhaps even banishment, if the smugglers were citizens.
What happened next, however, was not only unusual but appalling.MoreLess
I leapfrogged from fog bank to cove to fog bank. Several times I slipped into a cove and climbed a hill to spy on the patrol ...ships. Once, I saw a patrol run down a petty smuggler. They boarded the ship, searched it, and seized some cargo from the hold.
This was not so unusual. All civilized people have regulations to protect their trade. Under Orissan law—the Orissa I'd last seen five decades before—the ship, its captain, and the crew would have been arrested and made to stand trial. The penalties would range from heavy fines to imprisonment Perhaps even banishment, if the smugglers were citizens.
What happened next, however, was not only unusual but appalling.MoreLess
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