Movements of the Battle Board - Part 8

"Do I have your permission to go on without my Commander, Captain?" Kaya asked, seeking his permission to train.

"If you'll eat that breakfast that Pauline has delivered on the way over," Oliver said. "You will need its fuel if you're to reach for new heights."

The young man bowed at that. "Thank you, my Lord. I shall not let you down."

He hurried away at almost a full sprint as he said that. There was excitement in his every step.

"You've given him hope, my Lord," Verdant noted. "There was a time, I do recall, when you would have hesitated to do such things. To give men that nudging that they require. I wonder if he noticed that it was not merely your words that were pushing him?"