"He still could have listened," Koray said. "He didn't have to order my arrest and have me put in manacles. I didn't deserve that."
"No, you didn't," Emel said. "But I think you both deserve a second chance to explain yourselves. I will do all that I can to help you, whatever you decide you want, necromancer. Because of you, my lover is sitting around a campfire with my friends eating in peace. There isn't-" He broke off, voice catching a moment. It was still a trifle unsteady when he resumed, "Nothing I can do compares to that. I was resigned to being found out and killed where I stood one day. You believed and took a chance where no one else would have. We don't have to hide anymore. Thank you. I promise, I will beat sense into Sorin if that is what I must do. But if I know him ..." he
