[ At another time, he could argue: Yseult is Riftwatch, as much as anyone is, so she would have gotten herself into it. And if it's Corypheus and his forces, staying might be the clearest path to making someone pay.

But at this time, arguing would be so stupid that it doesn't even occur to him to try. ]

I hope it isn't. But—we will find her. And then we will know. Or you will know, [ he adds, humor without cheer, ] and the rest of us will wonder and never be told.