`` what kind of defenses do we have this time ? '' the two lions wanted to know why we did n't just kill the others ' masters immediately . he said , 'that these evil days should be mine , and should come in my old age instead of that peace which i have earned . was it wrong for her to assume he may want to come back here with her ? he struggled to stay in the present , but the calling of his name summoned him into the past . 