“There’s nobody up in these mountains,” Dru continued, “But once we’re down in the villages, it’s all women and girls.”
Cryton shook her head. “No men at all?”
“Only the old, sick or crippled. And neither of us are short enough to pass as boys too young to be levied.”
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