Redsand Canyon operations

"i do not think that many want now to march to war. after all, it is before their time."

the eagle blinked.

"suppose i told you and towhee that one of you must march with me into battle. suppose i said both of you must, that bearing children was secondary to my original conception of this place."

another pause slid past.

"it was lady ruenna who changed that. and it is i who shall keep it that way. but because i can no longer in good faith order a father to potential death, i cannot order that we make war upon the saints."