Ximenung: Who knows what they would dare if we dared go after the Queen?
Moomoomon: They would dare nothing, knowing whence we come.
Ximenung: They care not whence we come.
Moomoomon: But they care for the event that is in our hands. They dare never touch us because of the event.
Meliflor: We are the heirs of the idle hours. For them is work. Surely they dare not leave their work to touch us.
Moomoomon: They care only for the event. Because it is prophesied that we are needed for the event we are sacred. Were it not for the event, why ...
Meliflor: Were it not for the event we might not dare to do it; but, being sacred, let us enjoy our idle hours.
Ximenung: What if the event should one day befall?
Meliflor: It was prophesied long ago and has not come. It will not come for a long time.
Moomoomon: No, not for a long time.