 Your Highness? Yes, Lord Rillion? You must soon give over seeking the serpent. There is no true vengeance on a witless brute as there might be on a man. You weary yourself in vain. My lord, I have almost forgotten the serpent these past seven days. Why, if that were so, do you ride so continually in the northern woods? My lord, I have seen there the most beautiful thing that was ever made.