Noctisardor Bypass anything at all to keep me close to you

"you have never been veak in all the time i have known you." his firm tone wished to allay this concept of herself, put it to rest once and for all. mahler sighed. "i am not in the habit of trading life for life, laurel." that was the jurisdiction of these wolves, clearly. and he would not stoop to their level. 
but this left the situation greatly impossible.
mahler truly did not know what to do but he could not bear more scorn from laurel. he could not bear more failure or the endless chaos of wandering in his own mind.
"you fought as bravely as you vere able." his stoneflower eyes searched her own. "i know ve do not have time; believe me. i know that ve cannot vait. but ve must. as many vounds as you and i gave, there are more of them than us."
"after we speak vith our allies, perhaps we might have a better picture of what to do."
how he hated the idea of asking for more help.