“I wanted to say…I’m sorry about Burryaga. You two were friends, weren’t you?” “We still are.” When Elzar gave him a questioning look, Bell continued, “I assumed—we all assumed that Master Loden was lost when really he was being held captive by the Nihil. If I’d kept the faith—if I’d insisted on looking for him—we’d have spared him a great deal of suffering, and we’d probably have saved his life. So I’m not giving up on anyone else like that, ever again. That starts with Burryaga.”
