Cressida was right, but it still bothered me.
"You're saying that men, hundreds of men, will be fighting to the death outside just to buy the ones inside the auction house more time to place their bids."
Cressida nodded, eating yet another piece of bread.
I shook my head.
"Laws indeed. The laws of Recimiras are interesting. However, can't one person simply step out and destroy the whole army of the Night Fall Order?"
"And lose the opportunity to bid for something they genuinely need?" She brushed crumbs from her fingers without looking up. "If they wanted to fight, they know where to go. No matter how brutal the war is or will be, you have to understand that to these kind of people, they only see it as normal. They are not bothered. We are talking about people on the caliber of Sky Generals. Why should they be bothered by the death of a few thousand men?"
"But I have met someone who was..."
She looked at me deeply and gave a coy smile that insinuated something.
