FORTY FIVE: Personal Attendant
'I'll go first.'
The emperor had caught a soldier suspiciously bathing in the river in the early hours of the morning, unintentionally disturbing his own bath, and.. let that soldier go.
Did that make sense?
Could that be possible?
Was the entire thing a hallucination on Kel's part from lack of sleep?
The incident with the torch and then this, it was all sending a clear message to Kel.
That she was in danger.
"Gah!" Kel pouted, shaking her head. "Is he waiting for the right time to finish me off? Is he planning on playing mind games until I finally go crazy?"
Or..
Had he been just as surprised to see her as she had been to see him?
"Aw, cheer up, Kid," Matty soothed, gently patting Kel's shoulder. "Only one more night of morning patrol!"
As usual, the two of them were tasked with packing up the tent for the day's move.