"No, but there's more to it than that. When we got there to rescue you, he told me to stay put." He takes a deep breath and pushes on. He deserved to know the whole story. "He went to go take care of some of the guards. I saw you and I thought that if I could get you out of there while he had the guards distracted that he would recognize me and we could work together." That this was still a fresh wound was obvious in his voice.
"If I hadn't done that, he'd probably still be alive."
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"If I hadn't done that, he'd probably still be alive."