‘You see, Ratsy, he knows no more than his uncle or his grandfather. None of them knows how to summon an Elderling.’ ‘By the Skill,’ I said impetuously. The Fool looked at me strangely. ‘You know this?’ ‘I suspect it is so.’ ‘Why?’ ‘I don’t know. Now that I consider it, I do not think it likely. King Wisdom made a long journey to find the Elderlings. If he could simply have Skilled to them, why didn’t he?’ ‘Indeed. But sometimes there is truth in impetuosity.
