Story for the Day: Failing Resolve

Nothing melts the hearts of stern commanders faster than an orphaned five-year-old who has more spirit than an entire regiment put together .
The bells at the church in the near distance rang out, surmounting the incessant thrum and intermittent mirth of the markets, a few moments of silent vexation had been rewarded by the answer that Tearlaidh had sought: the orphanage, with all the advantages of caretakers, kingdom support, superior education, and commodious housing, was just the p...