Seventeen thousand is a sizable army. [ enough to sack a city. enough to overrun a small country. and that's just the assassins, not the army. yennefer draws some conclusions: ] You come from a place similar to this one, then — more people than trees.

[ and if she were to think of these ranks an army, he would be the worst soldier among them. even in an army of thirty-five thousand, seventeen thousand in the rankings wouldn't be impressive. it makes it easier to accept. ]

What kind of country needs an army of assassins?