"The peasantry would," Tavar said. "My honour would. Guilty, perhaps they might be. But they are not guilty beyond a shadow of doubt. As of yet, they have committed no crimes. There is naught we can honourably do to prevent them from making their way forward."
"We could obstruct them," Germanicus said.
"I said honourably prevent them, Germanicus," Tavar said. "A nobleman does indeed have half a dozen ways in which he can bother the peasantry, but will we determine that we ought to actively use them?"
"So you will let these reinforcements march?" Germanicus asked. "It sounds to me like you too, Tavar, seek a mightier foe in which to war with."
Tavar shook his head wearily. "I fear that is very much not the case. I do not seek to increase the burdens that we already find ourselves faced with. Yet, I believe my hands are tied on this. The villagers have their own wants, and we will have to leave them to their ways."
