Chrysalis

Chapter 1203

“We didn’t really mean to burn Torpin’s rest,” Alis protested. “People just got a bit carried away.”

“We were lucky the Colony was there to keep casualties to a minimum and help rebuild. Things could have gotten very nasty,” Jern said.

“They provoked us!”

The gentle giant next to her frowned.

“Just because someone teases me, doesn’t mean I should punch them in the face. You’re the one who told me that.”

“That’s… true. Of course that’s true. But they shouldn’t have said anything about the Great One!”

Jern thought for a while and then nodded. There hadn’t been any need to insult their saviour like that. It was almost as if the leader of Torpin’s Rest wanted to provoke them.

He stepped over a pile of rubble, and extended a hand to Alis, which she grasped as she clambered over it.

“Then what about Deepward?” he asked.

His friend released his hand and brushed off her dress, trying to pat away the dust and ash.

judgement. I think people were just

Beyn tried to stop

have listened,” Alis groused. “Deepward wasn’t that rude

wouldn’t have burned

“Yes… that.”

to lift, freeing it from the crumbling bricks that weighed it down.

Jagtown,” Alis said firmly, “they let us in,

scared,” Jern observed, remembering. “People in Jagtown really seemed to

tended to avoid him at

Alis sniffed.

what it takes to bring out some good manners and hospitality, then that says a lot more about them than it does

normal welcome, then none of this would have happened. He wondered if the

to your city probably wasn’t great for your nerves. In some ways, it might

we got here, to

rest against the face of a statue commemorating the mining city’s founder. Some pilgrims had pulled it down

with any ants. We kept most of the pilgrims well back from the gates. Beyn did everything he could to appear non-threatening and harmless. How can anyone blame

into spiritual disagreements and burning down cities was not what the pilgrimage was

Which was fine. If they’d just said so, then Jern was pretty sure the pilgrims would have turned

of the pilgrims and

pilgrims loose on the city. If the ants had found out what was

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