Justification is not what she seeks, so it's just as well. The truth, unadorned though it may be, is enough...at least, for now. Inessa hadn't come to interrogate him, and though she doesn't regret what was asked, her original purpose of picking up some night-reading no longer suffices. So, she beckons to Garahel and departs. He's given her plenty to think about, at least.
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