[To be fair, most people don’t call Palamedes reckless, and he decided in five minutes to blow himself up to avenge the death of a girl he never met in person. It’s the sensible people who do the most absurd things.

While Natsuno hasn’t precisely told him what happened—he hasn’t broken his pact—he has shared enough that Pal is able to piece the story together. Another person is obviously Jinx, who, as Clarke had revealed, had been harassing Natsuno for some time.]

Do you really think it will stop her? For your sake, I hope it does. [He sighs and rubs his temple] And if it doesn’t, in the name of the Emperor above, come to your friends before you resort to pyrotechnics this time.