No, there are a half dozen ways they could be appeased. They could slip from the harbor to harass legitimate shipping out of Orlais - the De Grasse will be making her way East even now and he knows the inlets she prefers. Or they could finally take advantage of the invisibility so long at anchor among the merchants and tradeships has afforded them and, under cover of night, board and capture ships manned by only Satinalia-boozed skeleton crews and make their way from Kirkwall with their own fleet before anyone knew the difference. Or he could take his men, few that they are, and--
He doesn't have enough hands to both hold this thing together and avoid looking foolish.
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Date: 2018-11-09 03:57 pm (UTC)No, there are a half dozen ways they could be appeased. They could slip from the harbor to harass legitimate shipping out of Orlais - the De Grasse will be making her way East even now and he knows the inlets she prefers. Or they could finally take advantage of the invisibility so long at anchor among the merchants and tradeships has afforded them and, under cover of night, board and capture ships manned by only Satinalia-boozed skeleton crews and make their way from Kirkwall with their own fleet before anyone knew the difference. Or he could take his men, few that they are, and--
He doesn't have enough hands to both hold this thing together and avoid looking foolish.