"And no one will be if you leave us be." Gareth retorted. The other man wouldn't get his hands on Sophia, not over the squire's dead body. He would give his life to protect Sophia, even if he didn't serve the Empress of Lyok, even if he barely knew the girl. Innocent lives needed protection. He cried even as he spoke with his protective and resolute tone, however on the inside he prayed to the Spirits, the lower deities serving the One True God, and the One True God himself. He religiously searched for salvation from the hell he was living then and for the powers to defend them in their time of dire need.