"But you moved your men past Efkis's guard. And your cannon," she said. "Eleven cannon. How did you get those past?" "They were wood." "Wood?" "Wood," said Eugenides. "Fake. We brought them all down the Seperchia on one boat and then threw them over the side at the end and floated them to shore." "Bastard," Attolia said.
Did anyone else find this exchange hilarious? Wood. Wood?! Wood. Bastard. She’s already calling him names. In the middle of her abduction, she’s learning what a foolhardy plan looks like.










