He holds up a hand to pause that thought. "I'll do it. Just don't make a liar of me and take a turn for the worse." Nathaniel really needs to be focused on healing and not how to creatively inform his sister he had a near brush with death.

Mention of Vengeance does cause him to pause and ask with slow caution, "Did it work?" Most of the other rituals have had some sort of side effect. Given the condition of his friends involved in this latest one, Aleron cannot fathom anyone surviving another attempt.