at any rate, filled with something which amounts to the same thing, from a human viewpoint. But Raj? He's just . . . oh, let's call it serene, why don't we? He was a man himself, once, don't forget. It's just that between his own life and everything Center's shown him, he's seen it all happen so many times before. So he looks on carnage the same way you or I might look on the ocean pounding against cliffs. That's frightening, to a child. An adult just contemplates the workings of nature.
Jessep grunted. For a time, said nothing; just watched as the grisly business unfolded. The last two brigades were starting to come into position, rolling past the third and fourth—already starting to get shredded against the farther reaches of the laager—ready to assault the Reedbottoms from the south. Bringing ever more of their men into range of those terrible guns, against which their shields provided no protection at all—and their disciplined formations provided the best possible target.
The din was almost deafening, by now. No one had ever
Jessep grunted. For a time, said nothing; just watched as the grisly business unfolded. The last two brigades were starting to come into position, rolling past the third and fourth—already starting to get shredded against the farther reaches of the laager—ready to assault the Reedbottoms from the south. Bringing ever more of their men into range of those terrible guns, against which their shields provided no protection at all—and their disciplined formations provided the best possible target.
The din was almost deafening, by now. No one had ever