"Ate him," Boot thunks to floor. "Haul my ass halfway through the High Reaches to meet this guy, right, supposed to draw us a map."
If any of that new information — Talin, my room — might give a man pause, Lazar doesn't. If any of this impromptu scouting report is confidential,
(It isn't.)
It doesn't stop him running his mouth. (It would.)
"And he's got it half done, then says hang on, I need a piss. So I tell him: Stick it back in, we're nearly done. But the idiot won't listen. Strolls off past the fire as-you-please. Give it a minute, figure he's giving it a shake, then it's all screams."
He scratches his balls.
"So we got half a fuckin' map, and a spare donkey."
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If any of that new information — Talin, my room — might give a man pause, Lazar doesn't. If any of this impromptu scouting report is confidential,
(It isn't.)
It doesn't stop him running his mouth. (It would.)
"And he's got it half done, then says hang on, I need a piss. So I tell him: Stick it back in, we're nearly done. But the idiot won't listen. Strolls off past the fire as-you-please. Give it a minute, figure he's giving it a shake, then it's all screams."
He scratches his balls.
"So we got half a fuckin' map, and a spare donkey."