Rising Sun Valley the knife's edge

Bazi did not clarify what she meant by 'chosen'. She liked his logic - that he had de facto chosen Ferdie by disobeying a direct order. It made her right, in part, but she did not share that either; it was a silent victory, and one that he could not dispute if it was not shared out loud.

After a few more rubs against an increasingly dirty inner leg, Bazi righted herself and cleared her throat. "Do you like being in a pack with him?" she asked, free of tears now and speaking clearly again. "He isn't right in the head. I know he isn't." She didn't really know why she was bringing it up; Jace couldn't abandon ship and crawl back to the Creek. Fox would never allow it.