The trouble began in the lower market.
Lysander heard about it from Fylon, who appeared at the supply office door with the grim expression of a man who had been expecting bad news and had just received it. The old spymaster had been tracking unrest for weeks, ever since the Sea Peoples' attack, ever since the discovery of the Mycenaean manifest on the beached raider ship. People were afraid. People were angry. And the High Priest of Athena was giving them someone to blame.
"He's in the market now," Fylon said. "Standing on the steps of the fountain, preaching to anyone who'll listen. He's telling them the refugees are the leak. That the Sea Peoples knew our patrol schedules because the refugees told them. That the foreigners in the settlement are spies for Agamemnon."
"That's absurd. The refugees have been fighting for this city. Some of them died on the fire ships."
