"Yes. We are at war. That tends to happen."

If there is a single person in Riftwatch who has been unaffected by the conflict, he'd be shocked.

"You speak of her trust in you," he says, "but it seems you have little of your own to spare her. Already you have reached the conclusion that she will end things over, as you said, a mistake. How much harm have you actually caused? To me, the scope seems quite small."