efore him, like some strange window,
lay the calm, still waters. The boy sat quietly
and the blind old man lifted his hand from his shoulder
and stood back. Rhodri noticed for the first time
that the air had grown stiller and
twilight was coming to the forest.

'Very well then, Rhodri Falcon. Your fate has brought you
to this sacred place. So behold at last - the deep,
dark secret of The Telling Pool.'