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"Ah!" Finnbheara debated a pensive er and the Haould soon die

But it wasn’t enough, he seethed Finnbheara wanted his own hand in the Hawk’s destruction He had suffered personal insult, and he wanted an inti of the Fairy, without divine retribution--and how divine it would feel to destroy the Hawk

The glian to take shape in hisFinnbheara felt more vital than he had in centuries

The fool didn’t ’s lips

"You’re thinking soe?" the fool asked

"Silence," King Finnbheara coh his options, carefully refining his scheme

If time passed while Finnbheara plotted, neither fairy noticed; tis who could move about in it at will The first fla spoke again:

"Has the Hawk ever loved?"

"Loved?" the fool echoed blankly

"You know, that eht wars, erectsaid dryly

The fool reflected aThe Hawk has never wooed a woman he didn’t win, nor does it appear he ever desired any special wo Finnbheara asked with a trace of incredulity

"Not that I could find I don’t think the woman lives and breathes in the sixteenth century who could deny hiend Wo smiled avariciously "I have another errand for you, fool"