Departure
There were no cheers when the commanders heard the Bishop's battlecry, but they did fervently nod before beginning to leave the room in ones and twos.
Jonah overheard many of their conversations. All of them seemed on edge, and there were multiple pairs who decided that they would get together and open a cask of wine. A few others started to contemplate whether they would have enough time to partake of hallucinatory drugs which were often used by soldiers to condition themselves before they would have to kill, and hearing them, Jonah raised an eyebrow as it was seldom that he had heard of experienced individuals like these think of escaping reality.
He didn't know whether he should feel proud that Angaria had become such a big threat in their eyes, or whether he should worry about the fact that this might mean that there could have been changes to the war effort that he was not aware of.