“When I set that trap for your team in Hyperborea, I picked a deep shadow realm that would leave you all unavailable for a few hours,” I said. “I could just as easily have picked one that would have erased you from existence. I chose not to. Call it professional courtesy.” I paused. “Try anything like that again, and I won’t extend the same courtesy. It’s nothing personal. It’s just, well, I can’t keep letting people off with a warning. You understand?” “Yes,” Talisid said. “I do.”
