Body Against Mind - Part 9

"They listened when you said to priotize the gates," Nila said. "Perhaps another week before they're done. Is there anything that you think we're missing in terms of defence, Oliver? I was thinking that this might be a good opportunity to do more than just fulfil what the Guild asked of us?"

"That is true…" Oliver said thoughtfully. It was simple high wooden walls that they'd defended on before. There hadn't been any crenalations in the wood for archers to hide behind or anything of the like. They'd thought that the walls would have served better as deterrences than they would need to show actual overwhelming merit in defence. "What problems did you find to be most irritating as you defended?"

"Well… the arrow fire," Nila said, her face clouding as she remembered it.