"Well enough, I suppose," Oliver said. "There were a considerable number of men more than the soldiers had initially anticipated, though."
"Fort Dollem, wasn't it?" Lancelot said, interested. He seemed to be practically straining from his effort to show some amount of goodwill, after being offended by Asabel's insinuation that Verdant needed to moderate him earlier. "That's as well-defended a station as you'll find. How increased were the foe's numbers?"
"Oh, you've already heard?" Oliver said.
"Indeed. It was a formal request that the High King gave Skullic, after all. Anyone with an interest would be able to see what the mission entailed," Lancelot replied. "The original document supposed there to be a hundred men, if I recall."
"Ah," Oliver nodded. "So that's where the scouts got that number. Well, it was off. There were more than a hundred camped in the forest opposite the fort and a further three hundred inside. It took a while to get rid of them all."
