The question so caught Everson off guard that he could only think to respond with a question of his own. “Why would I not?”
“This conflict began before you were born. What is the one thing our warring worlds have never tried?”
Everson shrugged, at a loss.
“Diplomacy,” The Which answered for him. “Cooperation. I repeat your question to you. If you could help to put an end to the death and suffering, why would you not?”
Everson put down his spoon and said, “You have my full attention.”
* * *
The universe certainly has a twisted sense of humor, The Which thought.
The Prophecy did not specify that the champion of the Tree and the common soldier destined to wed Allegra would be one and the same, but suddenly The Which saw a connection that had previously eluded her. With the fateful nig
