The opposite of terrible isn't good. A man who understands loopholes the way you do ought to know that. [ says kaveh, with a humourless lilt.

but he's done enough damage for the day. the haunted house beneath them continues to take lives. kaveh is merely here now. he can't be there as well. that's something that he will need to come to terms with.

daan is strong, kaveh thinks, to have chosen one thing to put his faith in. kaveh knows what it's like to be faithless. ]

... thank you. I've put you into an unenviable position on the day of your heartbreak. I owe you for it.