Ducky was also amused. "This is better then the gladiators we had in the old days, i'nt it?"

She cackled gleefully again. As Black had once said, "She might be a wife, but she didn't have to be a tame one."

Her chocolate arrived neatly on a tray that swooped in of its own accord, silver cups and pot. Ducky poured some for Vellie who was at the moment cheering for Pizzie, even though he was not in the contest.



Gen was dealt a nasty swipe that might have been lethal except that Kovu had whacked him with the flat of his blade..

`Ducky