Gwenn shook her head in amazement. “Then what happened?”
“Well, Cousin Tomas said he could not believe that we were arguing about such selfish and petty concerns when there was a war going on. He said we needed to stop acting like little boys and take a look around us.” He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. “At first, neither one of us wanted to listen to him. But then he dragged us over to a house in the village and we saw...”
Gunnar fell silent, and Gwenn looked at him questioningly. “Saw what, Strong Arm?”
Arkady unexpectedly came to his rescue. “We saw — something that made us decide that we needed to work together. You don’t need to know anything else.”
Gunnar continued, “Then Tomas explained to us about Maggrai.”
“How did he find out?” Gwenn wanted to know.
“Apparently Lal
