Nobody had any ideas. The questions just sort of lay there like dead fish too ripe to be ignored and too big to shove out of the way. - Glen Cook

It is not necessarily for mercenary soldiers to know what is going on. It is sufficient for them to do the job for which they have taken the gold. That had been drummed into me from the moment I enlisted. There is neither right nor wrong, neither good nor evil, only our side and theirs. The honor of the company lies within, directed one brother toward another. Without, honor lies only in keeping faith with the sponsor.

Peace had broken out and was being enthusiastically exploited on the presumption that it could not possibly last.

Slight gasp. “You grow too bold.”
Didn’t I? “I’m sorry. Thinking out loud. An unhealthy habit known to be the cause of bruises and major hemorrhaging.”