Suspicion

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 65455

The man had told Astra that the land was faring "pretty well", when that was far from the case, because he did not trust her. The newcomer had arrived on horseback, so perhaps she was working for Hespan. He was not going to risk being arrested for sedition for suggesting that the current state of affairs was undesirable. (Hespan had launched a simultaneous land and sea invasion, the land component by an army that had moved north from the Hespan colony of Nom Malbra. The war had gone so badly that Aqualaria had soon been compelled to sue for terms, and the resulting treaty had left the country no more than an impotent rump of its old self and the Queen its ruler in name only.)

"There's no lake of this size anywhere near Themyscira," Astra protested in response to his wife's remark. "Certainly not within an hour and a half's travel."

That confirmed the man's suspicion. The redhaired woman was clearly no Aqualarian. She must be a Hespanian who had only just arrived in the region, to be so ignorant of its geography.

  1. "I assure you, my lady, that a ninety minute walk will bring you to Themyscira," he said with due deference. "You could no doubt do it in a third of the time on horseback."
  2. It might be unwise to contradict the woman, even though she was wrong. "My wife was mistaken," he said. His spouse gave him a puzzled look.

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