"This is the temporary shelter we've established to care for patients. Because the facilities are quite limited and conditions are far from ideal, only four patients are currently staying here. Each has been transferred from nearby towns due to the severity of their illness. Although their conditions are serious, they are not in immediate danger of dying."
The "many inconveniences" the Knight Commander spoke of naturally referred to the delicate situation on the frigid plateau, where the two armies faced each other from afar and bloodshed could break out at any time.
Although Kales was a Church Knight, his temperament was not the least bit rigid. He understood the art of speaking. Since he had decided to trust them this once, he would omit whatever could be omitted, there was no need to spell out facts everyone already knew, only to make everyone hear them again and breed more resentment.
