Cazaril sighed. “I’m not saying you were wrong, Royesse. This time. I’m saying you were running blindfolded. And if it wasn’t headlong into a tree, it was only by the mercy of the gods, and not by any care of yours.” “Oh.” “You may have slandered an honest man. Or you may have struck a blow for justice. I don’t know. The point is…neither do you.” Her oh this time was so repressed as to be unvoiced. The horribly practical part of Cazaril’s mind that had eased him through so many scrapes couldn’t help adding, “And right or wrong, what I also saw was that you made an enemy, and left him alive
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