For once, Izahad's manner will go melancholy and listless, taking Lily alongside him to a shadowed, more isolated corner of the camp, promising his superiors he will keep firm watch of the witch — once they are together, he will urge her plainly to never speak such madness again, never within Arha's earshot, never without reason or shelter, or a death wish —

But first, he will say, "We have always known."