Lucendez watched the Benitez leave, shouting words of blasphemy and noise before finally departing.
"The man hides behind his subordinates. He takes no responsibility for his own actions. To reference and old Earth phrase, the buck certainly doesn't stop at his desk."
"However, I can't help be feel betrayed by the rest of the Benitez. They fought with us countless times, I don't see why they follow that 'Don' into a potential conflict. It's apparent he serves no interest but his own."
Lucendez got up and motioned to the door. He was leaving, but the Brotherhood would leave together, but not united. The Benitez walked out, and that was enough to bring concern to their faces.
"The thirteen saloons that had lined the one street of Seney had not left a trace. The foundations of the Mansion House hotel stuck up above the ground. The stone was chipped and split by the fire. It was all that was left of the town of Seney. Even the surface had been burned off the ground.
Nick looked at the burned-over stretch of hillside, where he had expected to find the scattered houses of the town and then walked down the railroad track to the bridge over the river. The river was there."
