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. Still, I like to think I would not
burst out so, except that I had rather a long night last night."
Peris nodded. "Your feelings have always been hard to
contain; long ages of irony and veiled illusion cannot hide
them. As for your night, all of our nights are long." He
added more slowly, "I have news that may interest you. A
second band of strangers, seeking to kill the first, has
entered Darken Wood. They are on the same path as the
first were."
"And no sentries have stopped them? History repeats
itself."
"It does, as we do. I am inclined to make an end to
repetition."
The stag paid no attention to the king's last remark. "If
these strangers are not invaders, might they be hunters?" the
stag asked indifferently.
"Hunters of men and of other bipeds. They might be
lured to other hunts." He added, "And as for invading, this
band, too, is politically important, though they are - " he
hesitated.
"Yes?"
"Evil. One would not have thought more evil could
be done to Darken Wood, but apparently so."
"After what you have received at the hands of
Darken Wood, does that disturb you?"
"It should," Peris said with assumed indifference. He
gave up the pose. "It does. The peace of a world is more
important than my petty grievances
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