Moonsong Glacier do you know just how much you're worth?

Ariadne was quick to attend; the panther pressed his shoulder to Fallen Sun's in quiet support.

"Ariadne, cloud woman," he said to them both — to cloudwoman in greeting and to silent sun in explanation. "This is Fallen Sun. His voice is soft, but he has a strong and gentle spirit. I wish him to stay with us."

He believed these things of the other man, and he would not leave him to his fate without putting something of his own on the line. His faith, his good opinion — he hoped that Fallen Sun would not make a fool out of him. Would not make him regret vouching for the strange young man.