You are speaking with a T'swa warrior now, the voice said. Now thegame trail curved upward, crossing a low rounded ridge, and Oska slowedto a walk. Gentlemen, my lord, in the weekending last midnight, lobber rockets landing within our defensive perimeternumbered 387, up from 209 the week before and 117 the week before that. D Company, sheltered within the edge ofthe woods, was keeping back, out of her sight.
Standardness, with a large S or a small one, is a two-edged knife, he toldhimself, and we keep cutting ourselves with it. And it wasinconceivable that they were still inside the hostile sector they'd been inbefore. Also, T'swa regiments had been hired morethan once to help in power disputes on Splenn; the current dynasty of theleading state on Splenn owed its position to T'swa regiments. But in the long run, he said as if in afterthought, the win/lose equationwill tend to balance.
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