There's a long pause. Adelaide has long been pursuing this because of her oath, Justice openly hates it, and now Nathaniel has said Anders doesn't have to do this. And Anders pushes on. The last wall in Nathaniel's heart, the last resistance that says it is selfish of him to ask this of Anders, falls.

"I know," he murmurs. "Of course you have to do this. I'm sorry. It's only that I've just found you, after all these years. And after last time, seeing you like that, I've wondered if I could stand it if anything happened to you. But...if you keep him, something will happen to you."