All of a sudden Galahad doesn't want anything so much as to go to Claudius, to find out how he feels about knowing. To make sure he's all right. To know he's safe.

He wants Magnus to understand how much it means.

He is the most important person to me. I don't just want him to be safe, he signs. I want him to be happy. To garden and cook horrible slimy food and read mysteries and play games with his friends. To have real friends. To have sex. With me and with other people who like him, who he likes, and not to be afraid of how someone could take it from him. Aornis does that. But Luo Binghe does that too.