Day 4 – Breaking the Inner Shields "So, you were born in Dynasty?"If Fangs ever saw icy Claws in that state, he would never have believed it wasreal. Yet, this boy somehow pulled her heart strings, which no one expected herto have kept. The strings that led to her past, which she diligently buried inher everyday duties. The boy was so young. So naïve… And he reminded her ofsomeone who she would have preferred not to be reminded. Her kittens. "Yes, but sometimes I also spent timein Rebels' territory. I have relatives there." The boy was well instructedby the king on how to answer certain questions and was now grateful to him for that.The king seemed to know her quite well, and what at first seemed a bizarreanswer in fact turned into the other internal shield that he broke. He wasscared to death, but the reward was too good. He dreamed about this his wholelife. The elite Rebel forces! Fangs was just stupid that he changed his neverlosing alliance to embark on the adventure of his life with some refugees. Whatwas he thinking? But that was for the better. They now had a vacancy that heintended to fill himself. At least the king had firmly promised him that. "Yes, I guess we might even have metthere. I vaguely remember." Claws looked distracted and preoccupied withher memories. "What happened to your parents?" "The territory where they lived wasconquered by Marauders this fall." The boy looked at the white wall andmaintained a long pause, a technique he had also learned from the king."Since then, I heard nothing from them. Maybe they are still there. Maybenot. I guess, I'll never know…" Claws frowned. Another lost soul in thisworld of war. Maybe she finally found the purpose for her fight? To bring backthe child's family? She hesitated and then asked a final question. "So, what was the message the Dynastywants you to give to me?" The boy relaxed a bit. It seemed that thehardest part was over. For this question he also had an answer ready. "The Dynasty wants to offer you helpand support. They scouted all Rebels' and their friendly Marauders' territoriesfor the past three weeks constantly and they know all their strong and weakspots. You are in the ideal location to strike the Marauders who are friendlyto the northern Rebels. They want you to get prepared. And with targeted hits,you'll be able to remove ancient powers from all the Marauders' territories andeven bring some to the Dynasty. For that, if you succeed, they will include youinto their victory scroll." "I do not care about victoryscrolls," Claws shrugged her shoulders indifferently. "Never did. IfI had, I would have joined the Rebels when they were offering me that togetherwith Fangs. So far, they seem to be the strongest force here. But your wordssound like a plan. And this is what we're currently missing. I need to talk tothe others." Task:The task below is one that the Manticore squadgives to those who wish to join their armies. Try solving it. Which horse drinking trough will be filledfirst?
