Five-Minute fiction - 00:02-00:07
Which ones do you think are going to clear the trials? Hunt said as he scooped the sliding mug and drained a mouthful of beer from it.
Hey! That was mine! Garryth called. Another mug was filled and slid down the table toward the protesting Servant. Fine! But just ask next time!
What makes you think any are going to make it? The odds on none are pretty fair, Taslen said taking a sip from his own mug.
They said that about my year and three of us made it through the trials, Hunt said. What did you wager?
Two-weeks wall-walking, Taslen said.
Numbers? Hunt asked.
Three, I bet on three, Garryth said.
The two other men ignored him. Choosing to show their opinions by keeping their mouths shut.
Two, Talsen said. And I put odds on that Thanus kid being one of them.
Thanus? Hunt asked. The smart-kid?
Talsen nodded. Alabaster seems to have taken a shine to him, and Alabaster is pretty sharp at picking recruits.
Which ones do you think are going to clear the trials? Hunt said as he scooped the sliding mug and drained a mouthful of beer from it.
Hey! That was mine! Garryth called. Another mug was filled and slid down the table toward the protesting Servant. Fine! But just ask next time!
What makes you think any are going to make it? The odds on none are pretty fair, Taslen said taking a sip from his own mug.
They said that about my year and three of us made it through the trials, Hunt said. What did you wager?
Two-weeks wall-walking, Taslen said.
Numbers? Hunt asked.
Three, I bet on three, Garryth said.
The two other men ignored him. Choosing to show their opinions by keeping their mouths shut.
Two, Talsen said. And I put odds on that Thanus kid being one of them.
Thanus? Hunt asked. The smart-kid?
Talsen nodded. Alabaster seems to have taken a shine to him, and Alabaster is pretty sharp at picking recruits.