“What is this?” Ethan asked.
“This? Oh, we call it the tree of Avalon,” Abraham said as his eyes suddenly gave a thousand-yard stare.
“Avalon… like as in the King Arthur stories?” Ethan asked.
“Well, they're not just stories. King Arthur was quite real here, and he was one of our fiercest leaders. Is his legend the same as where you are from?” Abraham asked pridefully.
“They were legends, and they were rather well embellished where I'm from,” Ethan said, his eyes running over the tree.
“No, I'm serious he was quite real. He was only a few generations back and his relatives still reign over certain areas here,” Abraham responded sternly.
“So you're telling me King Arthur, Merlin, and the round table are all real things?” Ethan asked in bewilderment.
“What do you mean by a round table? Also, Merlin was definitely just a story… come on man,” Abraham responded, his tone giving Ethan an instant dose of embarrassment.
“King Arthur; He had the round table where all the knights would sit so they would all be equal and could look each other in the eyes,” Ethan said excitedly.
“That sounds ridiculous. First off, one of them was King, the other ones were his knights. Also, do you realize how much space a round table would have to take up to be able to fit a bunch of knights around it? You could just have a normal long dining room table and be looking into each other's eyes still.” Abraham said as he started to walk toward the tree.
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