Stone Will

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The place where about a thousand trainees had once used to suffer and train now belonged to the two friends. A feeling of loneliness sometimes came over them because of that fact, but more often than not, they were calmed by it.

And they’d had to cut some new logs. The old pieces of wood had gotten covered in grass during their absence.

“How could they know?” Hadjar waved his friend’s words away.

He was carrying something like a huge plow on his back. Only instead of digging up the ground, this tool was used to remove the soil altogether. They would then have to bring some sand in and make a completely new training ground.

“What about all the songs praising our deeds in battle? Do you know how many songs there are about us?”

“Nope.”

“I don't know either, but it’s a lot. Especially considering that you and I covered the withdrawal of the army from the Fort.”

“Yeah, we sure did,” Hadjar smiled wryly. “You and I were saving our own asses and weren't covering the retreat of the army at al