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"Fastarr, he knew my name before I gave it."
It was Hugo who clearly tried to make him believe in this man's speciality.
Thoughts were going to and fro in Fastarr's mind. So he is a soothsayer... but why did he have to ask for my name then? But Lord Khandr believed in him as well...And what is the right thing to do now? The right thing is to protect lord Khandr but if he is to die anyway... what then? Is there an alternative course I should take? The Ulfings will turn against Caranthir... well, we knew it even if we didn't actually know it... So that was what lord Khandr was talking to Hunta back in the field. Does the song say what a faithful retainer should do?
"Does the song say what a faithful retainer should do?" Fastarr mumbled aloud and met the calm gaze of the old man.
"I thought I'd be needed in the hunt to look after my lord and to find out whether there are some fishy things going on in the Ulfing court. Now you have undermined both of these occupations for if lord Khandr will fall anyway and it's true that the Ulfings will take the side of the dark one there is nothing I can do there."
The agonising outcome of what he said got clear to Fastarr only as he spoke his words.
What should I believe? What should I do then?
"Lord Khandr said we should pay heed to what you say. So what is it you say?"
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