As Cyril persists, so sweetly and dangerously, Cade takes a nervous step back, still gripping the post but about to let it go with his next step. He's starting to hear that roaring in his ears, the drowning out of all rational thought and present sensation, which tends to precede an episode.

Taking the jab about attacking innocent women exactly as it was intended, he says 'I know' so quietly that he seems to mouth it, his gaze still fixed downward. Merrick is Cyril's brother, he can't stop remembering, and his stomach turns.

He's barely listening to what Cyril says as he continues backing up, carefully so he doesn't hurt his leg, toward the safety of the healing tents.