Syrlya ducks down unto the water to swim back to the group, scowling. "Zangetsu is fine."

He stops beside Lambert, regarding Ignatius critically. "You can spare your platitudes. He was your soldier, and you used him as such."

They could play the blame game, but does it matter? Ignatius is a military leader, putting your men in the line of fire is inevitable. Just as their need to fight for their own lives was.

"But now you have nothing we want, and I have little interest in allowing you to pursue our people further."