"I can no more prove my words fact than you can change what you have made indelibly a part of your apprentice's past," Elidibus says in a matter of fact way. "Yet your response gives me some measure of the person you are. I express my gratitude for indulging me."

Here the Ascian finally rises. Mug in hand, he moves to the door of the booth. Though not before offering, "Until we next speak then, King of Radiant Garden."