She laughed. That was an old quote, from Lescoray’s Quercian age: Three Imperial legions had moved north, to bring that part of the country under control. In the forests of Black Pines, they had been ambushed and cut to pieces. The commander, confronted with the local general, said, “This cannot have happened. The Bright Empire is invincible.” To which the native, quietly as a Northerner, replied, “I fear not today.”
