[ Caleb shook his head, drawing his eyes away from Essek because he was still endeavoring to be as respectful as possible when it came to the Shadowhand. There was a lot that had happened back there and a great bit that he did not remember; there was a part of him that had been kept in the dark for Essek's, he remembered struggling out when Bren's voice was the loudest, the angriest but there was a very big muffle-effect. ]

You did not abandon me, I am glad that you did so, it was better for all of us that you did.

[ He said the next a trifle haltingly. ]

Wulf ended up putting me down, which I am glad of. When I woke up, I was in the infirmary and in my own mind again. [ And then he had escaped as a cat to check on Essek, that had consumed his mind, that Essek be okay-- he'd worried so much ]