It was a great story. Merc stories, especially small-timers that aren’t regularly meeting House Lords and influencing major historical turning points, are my favorite part of BT. Lately I’m really enjoying the Hinterlands as a setting. I’m always going to be a fan of a story that combines the two. I was worried you were going to overdo the Big Damn Heroes trope, with it occurring essentially twice (I hesitate to say too much, spoilers, etc). A third time would really have had me rolling my eyes. But two is fine, especially when the second was kind of a Chekov’s gun moment anyway. No way that character was going to be mentioned saddling up and then *not* show up just when needed.
Some really great characterization in there too, especially around the hospital. Really made me sympathize even with the Captain, who seemed like kind of an ass otherwise.
