The second proposal from Winters Montagne—that is, the one truly feasible deal—struck [Resolve] like detonating a giant grenade inside the Big Square Formation.
The officers of the Twelfth Legion immediately fell into a heated debate.
Because "Blood of the Wolf" promised water, yet demanded the United Provincials exchange their wounded for it.
"Exchange? Exchange for [genitals], hell!" Jan Aquina of the Ninth Battalion fumed, "Trade wounded for water? After the trade, how will we have the morale to fight? [Curse]! If we have to trade for water, we might as well surrender!"
"And what if we don't trade? Break through now? Have the horses drunk? Can you or I reach Jade Crossing on foot?" Thomas Hammer remained exceedingly calm, "If we don't trade, the wounded won't die? Do we have the means to treat them? The gravely wounded this morning died begging for a sip of water till the end."
