Mindbender"s receiving hall was filled with Trolls and Picts as they met to discuss their concerns. Their plan to have more land may be endangered because of the apparent truce between their Palace Administrator and the King.
“As well,” one young Troll stated, “We want the Palace.”
“That doesn"t seem forthcoming,” Mindbender said. “Realistically. It was an agreement between the Administrator and myself, and now it looks as though the peace in our land may be on their heads and still in their hands.”
“After all,” another young Troll spoke up, “they won the war.”
“No, it was a truce,” insisted a blue-stained Pict, throwing his spear at the far wall. “We were betrayed by our leaders. We could have kept on fighting and won.” They all turned and glared at Mindbender, the engineer of the tru
