AT:M2P 93

The coastal road mostly blurred together, due to the consistent but not quite fast speed of the car. Tentin refrained from cursing it and thanked his good luck that on this section of the island, at least, it was peaceful. He hadn't seen another car in twenty minutes.

Tentin's thought over why Pakit would remain in the Insulae. His mercenary force didn't work for free, and it was the wrong season to offer vacation packages. Despite claiming no responsibility for them, the Church's 'assets' had effectively driven the Skelthans away; there was no reason to pay for Pakit's troops to stay in reserve when the Maritharp had its own forces.

Unless the Skelthans attacked from the occupied islands? They held four of the Insulae's islands for half a century, after all. But they'd already attacked from those islands, and lost. There was no reason for Pakit to stay. Unless-

"They're taking the islands back!" Tentin shrieked.