[Mithadan]

"What do you mean, Angara? Whose habits? Khelek or Tule's?" Silence. "Angara? DRAGON!"

Mithadan started out the door after the wyrm, then stopped. "More riddles? Curse the stiff necks of Elves and Dragons!" He sat heavily on a chair in the vacant galley, and replayed in his mind what he had seen of the altercation between Tule and Khelek. Then he struggled to recall all interactions which he and the other crew members had with Khelek and Tule. The former had frequently proved useless during their voyage. The latter was mysterious and sometimes almost worthy of suspicion. Yet Ancalimon had acted as if Tule was an ally. He could trust Ancalimon based upon what he had heard from Child and Rose.

In his mind he saw Veritas and Tule in the skiff shimmer and disappear only to return minutes later. They had travelled to the Second Age before attempting to contact Avallone. Why? Mithadan's eyes narrowed as he struggled to reconcile the day's events.