"His name is Cu Chulainn!" The boy excitedly jumps up and down in place, "He's actually my hero, but right now he is just a boy like me. I am lucky to get to meet him! I can't wait to tell my father all about it. But my friend didn't say a specific name. All he said was that is was someone like you and he was kind of grumpy but nice. Does that sound like Deadlock?"

"The Circle of Light," he says the name with great appreciation. "That is a pretty name for a group of knights! I will be joining the Fianna once I get older and am skilled enough. They are the best of the best in my homeland. I can't wait to join them! Father says I will be great too. Father..." Diarmuid is quite young, only six, and this time when he mentions his father he is hit with a wave of homesickness. "Father isn't here. I worry he is going to be scared that I am missing. He always watches over me because he is a god, but here he can't do that. Even if Lady Irene says it will be okay and he won't even know I am gone, I worry."