Well, that's- that's stupid. And dangerous. Sets a precedent he doesn't like, either. You can't go off alone, that's not what being on the council is about. He should know.

He aims his crossbow ahead of him. He'd rather loose her on the council than let her get torn apart for the hell of it.

"Nah, Rani. Wouldn't be worth the council if I left you." There, he said it, that he'd accepted the damn fool call as well. That he has to. They can't go back to how they were. He trains his bow, and he goes forward, into the pit along with her.