Bab 1042: Impatient Warriors - Part 2

Not only that, she was being forced to endure endless arrow fire with her shield raised above her head as if she had no more use than a simple brick wall. 'Is no one else irritated?' She wondered, looking around. Her soldiers wore their usual stern faces. They didn't seem too appalled by the position they were in. No doubt they'd endured harsher situations under Lord Blackthorn himself, but still… Wasn't there an indignity to being made to wait like this?

She looked around, and eventually found Captain Lombard. Surely he, of all people, was being forced to suffer the greatest indignity. A veteran of his standing, and he was left waiting behind a boy less than half his age.