Buying Time
"Tristen, now, what do I owe to the pleasure of you visiting my camp?" Kale asked with a flippant smile as he sat down in his chair and continued, "Could it be perhaps you have come to accept your defeat since whatever happened inside failed?"
Kale couldn't help but think that Tristen failed.
Damien smiled and said, "Of course not. In fact, things are going well though I wonder if you really want to take out weapons and wage a small war just to take back this small kingdom? Even I can't imagine the number of resources you would be wasting."
Kale harrumphed and said, "What is this? Are you afraid that I would attack soon and take back the Shizar Kingdom before you could?"