‘Is there need,’ Fear asked, ‘when you stand between Rhulad and Mayen?’ Trull clamped his mouth shut. Too off-balance to deflect the question with a disarming reply. Fear took the silence for an answer. ‘And when you stand between them, who do you face?’ ‘I – I am sorry, Fear. Your question was unexpected. Is there need, you ask. My answer is: I don’t know.’ ‘Ah, I see.’ ‘His strutting … irritates me.’
