One of the Zarno approached and peered in through the grill.
"Kharn has said you will not be hungry long. Tomorrow you will all die.
You eat, like the creatures of the forest, do you not?"
"What's he saying?" Sampson muttered.
"Nothing important." Garth switched to the Ancient Tongue. "It will be
dangerous to kill us. We are messengers of the gods."
"We will believe that," the Zarno said, "when one of the gods tells us
so." He nodded impassively and retreated.