I'm grateful for that, as well. If you hadn't convinced him to lend some of his own, I don't know that I would have managed to learn much of anything in this place.

[She still hasn't found the answers she needs, but it feels distinctly less overwhelming with the help she's been given so far. Hythlodaeus has already agreed to continue offering his, and Venat is as bent on uncovering what mystery lies at the heart of Elpis, as well. She can only hope that Emet-Selch himself will change his mind, that his love for his people will allow him to make a concession.]

Without you, coming to Elpis may have been entirely futile.