Outpost
“The days were warming up, and the light lasted longer; but for now, Longshot hoped to convey the planters safely to the fields under the cover of darkness. There had been a few runs at the walls over the past two weeks, but nothing like the numbers when we’d stepped outside. These recent strikes felt more like the Freaks were testing our resolve than really trying to get inside the town.
Or maybe they hoped we’d run out of ammo. But Salvation had been making its own gunpowder for ages, and the ...smith who worked with Stalker knew how to make bullets for the rifles, so it wasn’t likely that would ever happen.
Unless they got smart enough to attack the trade caravans that left for the other settlements in the fall. I forced that thought aside. Even if they were no longer creatures of pure instinct, as they had been, Freaks couldn’t be that crafty.
Longshot held the opinion that we’d decimated their population, and the rest of the season should pass uneventfully. I had seen too many shifts in Freak behavior to put my faith in that rationale, but I didn’t contradict our leader.MoreLess
Or maybe they hoped we’d run out of ammo. But Salvation had been making its own gunpowder for ages, and the ...smith who worked with Stalker knew how to make bullets for the rifles, so it wasn’t likely that would ever happen.
Unless they got smart enough to attack the trade caravans that left for the other settlements in the fall. I forced that thought aside. Even if they were no longer creatures of pure instinct, as they had been, Freaks couldn’t be that crafty.
Longshot held the opinion that we’d decimated their population, and the rest of the season should pass uneventfully. I had seen too many shifts in Freak behavior to put my faith in that rationale, but I didn’t contradict our leader.MoreLess
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