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. "Imagine thinking anything in a
short life and a merry one could be boring. I threw away a
kingdom for a day's amusement and an afterlife of painful
tedium."
"I am surprised to hear you admit it."
"I am surprised also. Perhaps something is troubling
me. Let us change the subject."
"I shall. Did you speak to any of the strangers?" As the
king shook his head, the stag nodded, "For I thought I saw
one address you."
"Ah. That one was a mage. He spoke first." The king
looked as though he had never even tried to evade
answering.
"What did he say to you? I could not hear."
King Peris said with difficulty, "He knew that we were
the spirits of men who had failed a pledge, that we were
doomed to perform that same task endlessly until we
somehow earned final peace."
"Knowledgeable man."
"Mages often are. I think he meant to remind me that I
could earn final peace."
"And what did you say to him of your present state, 0
King? For if I may be truthful, you do not appear in full
majesty. Empty majesty is more like it."
"I told him that we were called to fulfill our oath, one
day."
"When you say we," the stag said carefully, "I assume
that you meant 'my men and I
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