And now he is no longer out of his depth, he is in over his head. The bottom of the river looks very nice, very comfortable. He should become accustomed to it for it seems there is no finding his way back to the surface with Cade.

"A question, then, before you go." Because this is- Cade is a mess, this he knows. Perhaps a greater mess than he can ever untangle but that will not stop him from trying. But this is more than he expected. More than, perhaps, Nerva understood. "What is it that you want?"