"I am." He will. He needs to. "Before they force me to do anything else."

Close the breach, they'd said, and he'd done it. He owes them nothing. "I am not going to stay and become a pawn in their crusade. Elves die in such crusades. If I am going to be killed I'd rather it be something personal instead of being made a bullshit martyr for whatever cause they see to paint as mine."