Flight of the Heron read-along: Part I chapters 5-6

[regshoe]

What is right and what is wrang, a short sword and a lang, a weak arm and a strang for to draw...

Welcome back to the read-along! This week's chapters are getting a bit more serious, historically and for our characters...

Next week we'll read the first two chapters of Part II.

Comments

[luzula]

He strikes me very much as a professional soldier, aiming himself where he's pointed, and not having much feeling about any of it. It's a profession, no more and no less.

Yes, he's very much a professional solder--but that moment when he refuses to promise that he will not take part in the remainder of the campaign in exchange for being set free does show that he has pride in his profession, and also he has standards that he keeps himself to!