"It was...a friend of a friend," he explains. He knows full well it still could have been dangerous, but when it had come as a recommendation from Magdal, it had felt like something he could be much more certain about. Also, Vanessa's status as 'human' was a confusing one to him.

"And I feel the weight of responsibility for it all the same. The longer I go undecided, the large burden I put on my true allies. I am not all that worried for myself."