"If this conversation continues, then it continues with one condition. Any plan that risks Veyrhold's medical supply is dead before it starts. I do not care how clever it is. If children lose fever draughts because you wanted to sneak into a cargo hold, I will personally drag you back from orbit and make you regret surviving."
Rohan nodded.
"That is fair."
"I am not finished. Any plan that involves injuring Veyrhold workers, using patients as cover, stealing from the ash-house, or hiding in medical exchange cargo is also dead."
"I was not considering those."
"I am glad. I needed to say it anyway."
Bryan nodded.
"She is right."
Rohan looked back at the map.
"Then we start with proper channels."
"Yes," Bryan said. "We start there. And while the merchants attempt to cheat you, we watch how they move."
The final week before Tradefall became a different kind of training.
