“If I die, the story gets told. So if you keep fighting, you maybe take the camp, maybe not, but everybody knows that your son is not your son, and he is disgraced and you are both a famous coward and the laughingstock of the otherlands. Or you were overpowered by the brave young heroes of the Border camp and came to realise that your doubts had been wrong and that Commander Woodsinger was a brave and inspiring leader. You stood your troops down, and you and your son declared your support for the commander,” said Elliot. “Which is it going to be?”
How does a young teenage boy keep getting away with stuff like this year after year
