With Alabaster out of the room, Saga was free to finish her apple and rest her head in her hands. It hadn't been a lie; she would see to it that he returned safely, but she had almost been reluctant to state that. She could have said she needed another day, but her reason was a selfish one. The truth be told, she was actually going to miss him.

But his gods probably missed him more, and her promise to her grandmother once again rang in her mind: Use your power to help others. If doing this wasn't helping him, she didn't know what was.