"All a knight does should be for the protection of others. Offering succour to those with need of it, showing mercy and compassion, fighting for what is right no matter what the cost may be to ourselves. We are to protect, and act with honour and integrity at every turn. That is— rarely so simple as one might hope."

But there was no honour in killing a child, and it is hard to completely divorce him from being so when his last words had been so human.

She turns in her seat slightly, sizing up the Warden beside her. "How do you fare?" Inessa's reaction had not been... subtle.