The final drill ended with thirty-one recruits reaching the wall, leaving Hans dissatisfied but willing to release them for food.
Lana carried her complaint slate through the registry door after Marrick called and found Hajin, Hans, Sable, plus two guards beside the captured watcher.
The Flint quarantine order rested on the table beside a copied raid report and Lana's drawing from the northern grate.
"He claims the riders hired him south of the border," Marrick said, checking the statement already recorded. "The captain gave him that paper after they reached our road."
"I carried messages," the watcher said, pulling once against the rope. "Your wolf attacked me before I even entered the fight."
"Tell me which messages you carried," Hans asked, holding his pen above the next line without helping him choose an answer.
"Road clearance," the watcher replied, looking toward the quarantine order. "I never saw the cart or the men near your grain."
