You saw all that, huh? [After making contact with the plant, things had become blurry. Their minds had all but fused, and he'd been lost in the flow of emotion and action that followed. Had it been him that caused a sandstorm to sweep inward, or something else? The flow of information said it had been beyond him, but...

He shakes his head, just a little.]

Guess you know my secret then. Our secret. [As Wolfwood had suspected, Knives was no exception to their lineage.] Which means you're right, something like that won't come to pass. Knives wants me alive. He wants his brother back.

[He wants to say Wolfwood has nothing to worry about. He doubts a promise like that would go over well. Not with him.]