[ If he thought she meant it, he’d protest: Byerly’s no murderer, not really, and however much he hates the man, he wouldn’t do something that would hurt Alexandrie so badly.

But he knows she doesn’t mean it, so he only laughs. ]

Yes, there is that. Still, though. It is all right. I wouldn’t have gone up, honestly, except the dreams were bad, and I thought they were only mine.