[ How wonderful, he thinks sourly. Now the boy will never let him forget this lapse in judgement. ]

Let me be clear that I am not doing this out of the goodness of my heart. Elidibus would be disappointed in me for standing by and doing nothing.

[ ...Well, since he's already done it once already, he supposes he should keep doing it. Emet-Selch throws out another shield around them both and this time he holds it in place, wondering if it really is as simple as the former Exarch says it is. ]