"It was my choice," he says, fervent. That much is the truth; he'd chosen to leave his friends safely — relatively safely — in Fal Dara. He'd chosen to leave the Eye by himself and let them think him dead. If it had been up to them, things would have been different. But he couldn't let them pay that cost.

"Why not?"

That unfamiliar name again, the Ridge. It'd be good to learn more about it.