[ Saran is merely very quiet at this. She listens to him speak and can see quite plainly in his eyes and by the fact that he avoids looking directly at her that this means a great deal to him-- is something he holds close to his heart. And of course when he reveals why it is so important to him, she understands only too well.

When he puts it that way, not even she can really find it in herself to argue the matter with him. To debate the merits of abandoning this reckless endeavor no longer seems to make much sense or fair. By sheer virtue of just mentioning the people of the First, he veritably defangs any argument she could make anyway. If the people of the First were worth saving, were worth fighting to cure even the slightest bit, then so too should the people of the Thirteenth be worth the struggle.

The trouble is... Sarangerel has learned in her time as the Warrior of Light that one, unfortunately, cannot save everyone and that by saving one, inherently it almost always means dooming another to damnation. As she looks down at him and strokes one of his ears soothingly, she's not sure if G'raha accepts this. ]

I do not know if we can. Even Emet-Selch and the Ascians deemed that shard beyond salvaging. Can we truly save them? And how do we do it? What will happen to the other shards if we do?