Did I say you ought press? I said you ought ask. I've been on this team long enough to know that a majority of our number will help, to a practically surprising degree.

( it honestly unnerves him a little, how kind members of Audentes tend to be. he's not the Huntsman that distrusts naturally anymore, but it still surprises him how much kindness is freely offered. maybe it always will. )

I want you to stop hurting so many of our number. I know you little, but well enough. Your circumstances are sadly not so unique, and when I was in them I'd have done anything to stop myself from what damage I caused.

You have a chance. I think you ought take it, instead of leveling conditions and presuming others will not help you. It seems that very many of our number want to see you well, I think you might be surprised.

( where Koltira is angry, Graham is blank, somber. his crushed heart means he has his freedom, though he doesn't have much in the way of emotion. doesn't mean he will sit by when countless of his friends are hurt. )