Ouroboros Spine thorns

He had not helped except to be present, and he had only impeded the man's escape by being his target. Was it better for his younger body to be cut and bled than that of Heph or Rodyn? He did not wish this on anyone, except maybe the man who had inflicted it.

When asked for his presence, Raiyuk huffed and gathered his thoughts.

What makes a man do these things? But he didn't know the full story of how the man Cen treated his wife, only that she was afraid, only that she had been in need of rescue somehow.