Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page140 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n How she wishes that her mum and dad could have been here to see this. She cries a little. The ElderWolf holds her gently and consoles her, as AuntSylvie quickly makes her way onto the stage to comfort her.<\/p>\n The bathtub regatta has been a military tradition for as long as anybody can remember. The merchant navy does it too, but the flotation ceremonies for the new, big warships attract more attention and attract more bathtubs!<\/p>\n AuntSylvie stays with Hayley whilst a number of people seek to congratulate her on her professional conduct. Though right now she\u2019s feeling quite emotional. Her father was a doctor, Commander Wilde, a member of the Garrison. However, as the ship\u2019s surgeon on The Regal Shield<\/em> he was not a combatant.<\/p>\n When The Regal Shield <\/em>was lost at sea two years ago, none of the crew survived.<\/p>\n Although The<\/em> Vorpal Sword<\/em> can be launched today, there can be no replacement for Commander Wilde. AuntSylvie spirits Hayley away. When the need arises the Noble Coliseum can be a welcome place of sanctuary.<\/p>\n —o—<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cYou know, there was a time when all you needed was to be a strong man, on a strong horse, and have a strong sword,\u201d says HayWire, \u201cyou know what happened to them?\u201d<\/p>\n MaxChaos listens intently.<\/p>\n \u201cSomebody invented gunpowder! And then cannons. It didn\u2019t matter how strong you were. Or your sword, or your horse! You were no match for cannon balls. What we need now is another paradigm shift. Something as significant as gunpowder.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I need now,\u201d says MaxChaos, \u201cis something like a long bow, but smaller, and well suited to use on a ship when I\u2019m fighting pirates!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s easy,\u201d says HayWire, \u201cGenghis Khan solved that problem! What I\u2019m interested in is building something so<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page140 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page140 \u2013 Next How she wishes that her mum and dad could have been here to see this. She cries a little. The ElderWolf holds her gently and consoles her, as AuntSylvie quickly makes her way onto the stage to comfort her. The bathtub regatta has been a military tradition for as … Continue reading “Chapter 18 The Bathtub Regatta140”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1542,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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