Bab 934: Setting out to War - Part 1

"I shall second that," Hod said. "If you gather such power, Patrick, then I shall tell you that, and more, without the slightest hesitation.

Chapter 8 – Setting Out To War

Oliver spent his final few days at the Academy concluding the business that he had, and saying goodbyes to those that had been important during his time there, but even as he did so, Tavar's words hung his mind. Those had been the words of a starving man. Oliver didn't think he would ever hear their like from Tavar, and he especially didn't think that he would receive them himself.

At first, he'd been struck by the General's high opinion of him, but then he'd cast off that thought. It wasn't that the General thought that Oliver could do what he had asked of him. That was simply the condition, as impossible as it had been.