Of course the Van Merikh knights, who were born and bred to war, could easily survive a night out in the cold, but that didn't mean that they should. Just because it was what they adapted to, it didn't mean that they should continue their lives that way.
"It does not matter whether they are knights or mercenaries or if they have lived their lives out in the cold; they are still human," Lady Karina argued, her expression pensive. "They have spent one night out in the cold; it would not be wise to let them spend another."
Orpheus didn't quite understand what she was getting at. Most of the men with him were born alongside him or a few years after him at the Frosthowl Peaks. The cold was in them, in their bones and in their soul.
What did it matter?
However, he had no desire to keep arguing with the lady. He did, after all, say he would make some compromises to his lifestyle when it came to her.
