A choice you would not have had to make were it not for my involvement. [ Because this is Athos, King of Burdens.

His gaze drifts to a spot in the ceiling of the rover, mouth a furiously tight line for a second, then another. He finds his blood is not so easily soothed no matter how sick he is of confrontation and deception. ] I hope you're right. I hope they can see sense. But love has a way of blinding people.