Gabranth wonders at that: at what could have possibly transpired between them, for Basch to have agreed such a task... But, although briefly, his wondering is overpowered by his relief that Larsa might at last be safe.

"I had thought..."

The words slip past his lips before he can think to stop them. He cuts himself short, furrowing his brow again, and sighs deeply.

"So I am dead, and Basch yet lives." Try as he might, he can't quite keep his lip from curling at the thought. "And Vayne lies fallen... I suppose, then, it was worth it in the end."