Rey?”
“I am—for my sins. And you?”
“Likewise.”
Mic nursed his healing arm. “They’re sure whittling us down to size, these mountains. Have bad luck every time we climb. Fifty lost back there—twenty here—and more wounded—”
“Not as bad as when the wing bombed us,” Rey reminded him. “As long as we can fight back—”
“Yes, I know. But see you come back from scout, you long-legged byll!”
“You know”—Rey stopped rubbing the snow down his jaw line— “that’s an idea. If a fella could get him say ten-twenty of those birds and train ’em—as the fur faces trained their horks. They don’t make any noise before they jump, do they?” He turned to consult Kana as an authority. “No? Well, put ’em on the enemy’s '
“I am—for my sins. And you?”
“Likewise.”
Mic nursed his healing arm. “They’re sure whittling us down to size, these mountains. Have bad luck every time we climb. Fifty lost back there—twenty here—and more wounded—”
“Not as bad as when the wing bombed us,” Rey reminded him. “As long as we can fight back—”
“Yes, I know. But see you come back from scout, you long-legged byll!”
“You know”—Rey stopped rubbing the snow down his jaw line— “that’s an idea. If a fella could get him say ten-twenty of those birds and train ’em—as the fur faces trained their horks. They don’t make any noise before they jump, do they?” He turned to consult Kana as an authority. “No? Well, put ’em on the enemy’s '