They walked back toward the Guild district in the quiet of the early afternoon.
They did not speak for the first few blocks.
Eventually Kael said: "That was not what I expected."
"That was not what I expected."
"He is one of the opposing votes."
"He is one of the opposing votes."
"But he has decided to not interfere with us."
"He has decided to not interfere with us. On atonement grounds. For Nyra Vos and Tessin Karr. He has been carrying that weight for seventy years. The weight has finally produced a decision."
Theron, quietly: "That is a specific kind of person."
"It is."
"I did not expect to meet someone like that today."
