i scream , shaking from anger and from having just about died- `` now is not the time , todd , '' the mayor says- and i flinch again as the whisk of an arrow flies right past me and i grab the reins and try to turn angharrad to get the hell outta here and i see a soldier stumble back into morpeth , blood rushing out from a nightmarish-looking hole in the stomach of his uniform and he raises his bloody hands to the mayor for help- and the mayor snatches the soldier 's rifle from him and tosses it over to me- i catch it out of reflex , my hands instantly wet from the blood all over it- now is also not the time for niceties , the mayor puts in my head .