"Vanity of Vanities... All Is Vanity"

"Do not despair. To have to face your faults is not easy. Now that you have done so, you are on the way to becoming a better person. The pool you looked into is the Pool of Soul-Searching. Few can look into it without being shaken.

"Now, Lord Frederigo, during our journey together you have told me of the quest the King placed upon you. I give you my word that it is not I who has been tormenting your country's people, burning its fields, or taking the children. Do you believe me?"

1. Fred continues to look into those huge wise eyes. How could he doubt the owner of those eyes? "I believe you," he says.
2. Only a dragon could have caused such havoc, and Fred knowes of only one dragon. "No," he says.
3. Fred wants to believe, but how can he be sure?

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