"Something terrible," Cyril answers. He glances around, at the humans in the courtyard, and then focuses on her. "Come with me, lethallan."

He doesn't want anyone else to overhear just now, because he isn't sure who he can trust. He quickly leads her to the place where Sam said he found Merrick. As they move, he explains.

"Merrick was attacked. He's alive, but he's unconscious." His voice is tight, because he cannot afford to be emotional when they have to figure out what happened to Zevran. "He's with Sam now. He was training with Zevran and we haven't found him yet. You're going to help me look, and see if we can figure out what happened."