"Perhaps not in the way you're thinking," he says. "I am Anla'shok - a Ranger. We do many things for my home, but our primary responsibility for generation upon generation has been to protect those who cannot do so themselves and to work for peace.

"And I believe I understand what you said earlier about wishing you were not in a 'position to judge'. There have been times when I've wondered if I made a terrible mistake by taking this path."

"Where were you?! You could have stopped this? Where in Shavk's name were you?!"