The old woman snorts with laughter.
"You didn't do so well with that little test either, if I recall correctly."
The old woman turns to Bendyn.
"You are a brave one, to beard the lioness in her own den."
The old woman's eyes glitter harshly for a moment. The she sighs slightly.
"I don't really care for the kings and the kingdoms. What are they to me? But I have no wish to see chaos and distruction visited on the people of the kingdoms. At least, any more than the earls already visit upon them themselves. So I will tell you what I know, and you in turn will do something for me.
"Tell me what you know of events so far?"