It's satisfying to watch a well implemented plan come to fruition. The guards and knights send up a cheer when the rubble settles and the dust begins to clear. "That is the benefit of cooperation," Cullen says cheerfully.

"Now, who's ready to get off this blasted strand and back to some waiting, well-deserved ale?"

There's more cheering. They gather up all of their things and the waiting wounded and start the march back toward the beach where they're to be picked up. It will take two ferry trips as it did the first time. The guards will return first since they were the first arrivals.