Alyssa said to her husband, 'I'll go see if it's one of our boys, too.'

The two men stood at the entrance to Dennis's new home, surveying the valley where they had fought side by side years before, as the sun lowered in the west.

Asayaga said, 'This is a wonderful place to start a new heritage.'

'I couldn't be happier.' Dennis said. 'Roxanne is a miracle and our sons are… impossible.' He laughed. 'She is right. I'm sure my father is looking down from Lims-Kragma's Hall, amused at nature's revenge on his son. But, yes, life is good. Come and rest. I'll ready the bath-house if you'd care to get clean.'

Asayaga laughed. 'Yes. It's good to see some civilization has rubbed off on you, barbarian.'

Dennis frowned, 'Barbarian?'

Asayaga gave him a playful cuff on the arm. 'Let us soak and relax, and you can tell me in which part of the brook at Valinar those improbably large trouts you once told me of lurk.'

'Improbably large?' said Dennis as they walked in. 'I swear on my son's head that fish was at least three feet long.'

Asayaga looked dubious, but kept his laughter in check as the two friends went into the keep to join their wives and children for supper.