![]() Roran says because he saved them from slavery and being eaten. I think it's because he's going to go all berserker on them. The barge captain's daughter shows up to wish him a good journey and makes Roran feel all sad for the people he killed, "As he watched Clovis bid his family farewell, Roran thought of the two soldiers dead by the gate. Wives and children who loved them and a home they returned to each day. He tasted bile and hate to wrench his thoughts back to the pier to avoid being sick." (page 424). My only response to this is, Roran should have thought about this before he went all stabbity. I think it's there to show that Roran isn't a cold blooded killer and feels that he did something wrong. But it doesn't work because he didn't think when he went all stabity. And he had no bad thoughts about it until maybe several hours later. So, he's not a man who doesn't like killing, but instead, a cold blooded killer who maybe later feels remorse and only for a minute. In fact he probably wouldn't have felt remorse at all, unless he saw the child.Īs they're leaving the town goes up into alarm. There's some talk about going to see what's up, but they decide they can't because they'll lose the tide. As they float out to see, Roran contemplates how beautiful the day is, the fact that he just killed two people completely forgotten. When they get to the cove where the other villagers are, the barge owner is all WTF, this isn't what I signed up for! And Roran is yeah well, you're still gonna do it or else. ![]() ![]() And the barge owner is Okay fine, then tries to stab Roran in the back. And Roran is All No you don't, you're going to do what I say or I'll steal your boats. Barge owner is "oh fine, whatever, I never liked the king anyway." They load up and they leave. ![]()
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