I do not intend to topple anything. [ She thinks of Aymeric, and his reluctant agreement to allow her to separate from him so long as she met up with him again just before daybreak. It had been heartbreaking, for it was clear he could only think of the last time he allowed her to fight a separate fight and how he almost lost her.

Janus' plea is not easily brushed off, but Aymeric... ]

I promised to regroup with Aymeric that we might evacuate together, and if I cannot send a message to my dear husband of the change in plan then I must fulfill that promise.