"Do you see, my old friend?" As they left the military camp, old Hagelberry's old friend, Thomas Six-toes, muttered at his side.
Old Hagelberry glanced at his old friend: "What grand insight are you about to spout now?"
It was not that the old man was being sarcastic, but this old friend sometimes spoke completely without thinking, like the other day when he represented the King to inspect the camp. The next day, when questioned at the Noble assembly, he blurted out that the army seemed as obedient as Malin's own arm.
Half the Noble assembly that day was riled up, while the other half was frantically trying to clean up the mess created by Thomas's foolish statement.
