A two-bit trading caravan, a young man serving as lead guard for little more than meals. Traveling from one small, poor village to the next, barely making enough to survive.
The lead guard is young—too young. He's determined on a better life, but will his lack of maturity keep him from attaining it? Will he cause too much unthinking harm to others on the way?
What trade-offs will he have to make?
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