[Fortunately, there will be no need to fight a bandersnatch because Oscar does calm down. Seeing his master taking so calmly with the stranger is soothing. The animal might still be on guard, but it no longer seems to be about to attack.]

No, it is never enough.

[Diarmuid won't argue with him on that.]

It is a pleasure, Lord Thrall. My name is Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, though some also know me as Lancer. I would be glad to have someone to hunt with. While swans are something that I am hesitant to kill because of what they mean to my family, these are bringing hardship to a land that needs no more of it.