Gareth listened intently as the conversation continued, his crying having stopped but his grief still raging on. He remained skeptical of Thomas's retelling of events, but impartial nevertheless. By this point, he was unsure of how he felt about Thomas—whether he felt a fleeting infatuation or a burning disapproval—, for the knight in question behaved so rashly and conceited that it threw Gareth. Jezin, being a secondary witness, painted a picture different from the one Thomas envisioned; from the Lyoki bodyguard's deductions, Harker drew his conclusions: That Thomas, though engaged in a physical struggle with the woman named Lexine, overpowered his opponent and left her in cold blood. The half-elf didn't want to own up to the idea that Thomas committed murder, for at least to some degree self-defense appealed as an explanation, but he could not excuse the killing of someone who could've provided vital information related to likely not only one, but also two deaths, and the premeditated assassinations that Gareth believed would follow. A gentle touch behind him alerted him to another's presence, and he perked up and listened to the disembodied, silvery voice he heard. Sophia. Harker delivered a simple response, succinct enough to convey his inner conflict. "Partly."