Well... I think by now you know me well enough to know that's not the kind of decision I would have made lightly, or easily. It was an extreme measure for some pretty extreme circumstances. It doesn't matter - it's not going to happen again, there's no point when it's so easy to get around it just by fracturing yourself the way he did.

[That Savage assures her he can handle his brother if they encounter him says a great deal - about who he is, how far he's come, and just how much he thinks of the friendship that's grown between them. She had seen first hand how willing he was to protect her in November, when he fought off and killed the zealot that had come after her, but this is a bit beyond what she ever would have expected from someone who said he would follow his brother's orders. Always.

It means a lot.]

Thank you. If you're sure, I'll keep meeting with you.