"I wish you would stop... «Dragon Slayer»
RamingoWS26 июля 2018"I wish you would stop running off with those damned soldiers." "I thought that was what you wanted, Father." "What I wanted." Roderick laughed softly. "What I wanted was a son that was not a coward." Ingram bristled at his father`s words. "I am not a coward." "Are you not? Have you yet to learn how to use the sword, or put it to proper application?" "No." He couldn`t, not when eve nthe smell of blood sent him to his knees and the sight of it into a dead faint. "But that doesn`t make me any less of—" "Do not mistake me. I have respect for the honorable profession of strategizing, but it is better left to men past their prime. Not a man who chooses to cover his weakness." Ingram`s jaw clenched tightly as he fought back twin surges of rage and hurt. "It must be a pity, then, for you to have such a son." "A pity, certainly," Roderick murmured in agreement. "Then the next time I travel with the company, I shall endeavor not to return." Ingram pushed to his feet, intent on leaving before he made a fool of himself by letting the angry tears that prickled at the corner of his eyes fall.
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