“...The translator did not address him with questions. And what can a native, even a half-breed, ask the commandant about? About how much longer should he hang around here today? Dagen did not ask such questions. He was efficient and conscientious. About whether Mr. Commandant likes the local climate? Nonsense. So what did he suddenly decide to ask about? “Your unit is called “Wolf Power”... and you have a wolf’s head carved on your officer’s ring, and on the chain... this is the Eternal Wolf, right? “That’s right,” Ekard nodded somewhat warily. Something like that. he did not expect the question. “But I read the works of Mr. Torde... and Olmerk too... The fact that a half-breed from the barbarian wilderness, it turns out, read the works of the Enlighteners was touching. Probably even touching. And yet Ekard was wary. “What are you getting at, Dagen?” – he asked abruptly and almost sharply...”