"I know there are some, too many really, who believe that since the elves are so effective in fighting these threats that they do need to worry about them.  But I feel it is wrong to expect your kind to shoulder such a duty, and to do so thanklessly at that."<br/><br/>And with that, he too drifted into silence, riding along beside her as the Sun dipped low and was eventually gone from the sky.  Soon, the Moon  rose in it's place, bright and silver, casting twisted and pale shadows and bathing the land before them in it's wane unwholesome light.<br/><br/>Tristan shivered a little, feeling as if the silvery sphere were watching him like an unblinking eye.  He tried to dismiss it as nerves, but could not shake it completely.  "How many of them have you faced?" he asked at last.