Ian's departure had been a long time coming.
Thus, when Ian brought Elan to the Elder's Hall the next day and showed his Knight's Medal to Elder Prude, the old man even scoffed, indicating that he had already heard about it from the Viscount the night before.
"I'm not the least bit worried about you," the Elder said. "What worries me is how much trouble you'll manage to get yourself into."
Prophets attract benefits and avoid harm; they can evade the vast majority of wrong choices—but that also means they can easily stir up major troubles that ordinary people would not even dare to contemplate.
Leaving aside other matters, Ian's every action in the Labyrinth was astonishing enough; just the things he could talk about were enough to scare the Elder half to death, let alone those he couldn't mention...
His heart just wasn't that strong.
