The heavy wooden door of the Ranger station slammed open. Reidar stormed out; the conversation was over anyway. Martin had confirmed it all.
The quarry job wasn't just about getting resources; it was about getting the token, about finding out if he was a spy, it was to make him join Havenwood's cause.
It wasn't like Reidar didn't understand, but asking for help, lying, putting him in the middle of a war with other people, not trusting him despite Martin having been the one who asked for help.
Reidar would have left the town the same day he arrived if it wasn't for that request. But in a sense it was also his fault, because Reidar agreed, because his humanity simply didn't allow him to turn the other way.
That happened again. When Reidar remembered the kids in Havenwood, he simply couldn't. What if Marcus, his son, was in the same situation? Reidar would have liked someone like him to help. So he said yes.
