Kyran studied Cyneah for a moment. Seeing the mischievous glint from her mirror-like eyes and the slight curve of her lips, he knew there was a deeper meaning behind her use of 'save' and 'convince' words.
If this had been before their talk a few days ago, he would not have considered her suggestion and outright refused. As much as possible, he did not want her hands to be muddied because of him.
But their talk made Kyran realize a lot of things. One was that Cyneah was not a fragile and weak-hearted young woman. Although he had already known this because of her strong will to live when they first met in the cave, he had underestimated it even then. For one thing, though she tried her best to stay alive, the fact that she did not attempt to leave the cave meant she was already resigned to dying there.
