"...So you can speak after all."
Aiwass halted in his tracks, looking over with interest, "I had thought you had once sworn an oath of silence, or that you might show mercy, allowing me to save him."
"Those meaningless words are needless to expand upon. They only weaken resolve and make one soft."
As Aiwass stopped, the monk nodded slightly, continuing in a low voice, "Mr. Alistair, please be patient and listen to me.
"This ritual has special victory conditions, different from the normal New Moon Ritual—under normal circumstances, even if you killed everyone in a New Moon Ritual, you would still lose if the mission wasn't completed.
