“Pardon them, Brightness,” he said. “They likely don’t much like following a woman’s orders. Masculine arts and all that.” “And you?” she asked. “I figure the Blackthorn has studied every military text known to man,” he said. “And we could do worse for a general than the person who likely read ’em to him. Particularly if she’s willing to listen to a little sense. That’s more than I can say for some highlords I’ve followed.”
