Thank you for the response! Get the tissues ready, I hope that the last few chapters will put you through the emotional wringer.

They are deserters. I wouldn't be counting on them in the final battle. They're just lucky that the assassins agreed that they hadn't been given proper information. Unfortunately, they can't be let go now - they know too much.

I have many feelings over little Ratonhnhaké:ton. We shall not discuss them here, otherwise I might start crying over how cruel life has been to him (and how cruel I am being to him).