Ah, Gyre's one of the few to pick up on a bigger, bleaker picture. She hadn't even given him the details, she'd let him reach the conclusion. He wasn't the first knight to realize it, but if the Protector ever caught wind that he'd learned of it he'd be dead for real.

It's a shame she wasn't going to tell him just how bad it was yet. He just needed the minimum amount to stay alive.

"Don't trust what he says." She dodges the question, she could explain his reasons but that was always the whinny that sounded better from the horse's own mouth.

"He won't let it end."