"But anyway," Magistra Colle goes on as Mathea sits down beside her, "it looks like both islands were settled from the north. Long ago, we came from Ardrigor. That sounds too similar to the Urdis story. I don't want my work to be used as an excuse for slaughter." "Slaughter?!" Mathea is shocked at the word. "That is what will happen if Ardrigor attacks at present, isn't it? One by one, the clans will fall. First in Saldissay, then on Skalvar."