There is a point, Jedao muses, when it's probably churlish to argue against what he wants to hear.

"Not least because without Dhanneth, Captain Talaw would know something was wrong," he mutters, even though that probably is the least reason. "It feels worse, somehow. To mess with his memories. But if I'm doing it to all the others then I've decided it's not wrong, for this. To just - give him a life like he never met me."

He sighs softly, nuzzles Gonou's neck. "There's a selfish part of me that wants to like - write him a letter. To say sorry for something. But I know I shouldn't."