Rhodri whispered softly in Silence's ear "You don't have to do this, you know. Is your voice worth his life? Besides, if you finish the operation, he'll kill me, and I'm sure he's rich enough to grant your voice back. That was one of the terms in my contract, show another way out." He smiled and slowly lifted her hand from the artery "I know you're not strong enough to do it, so I'm going to have to accept my fate, I'd rather die than lose my perfect record." He manouvered himself to the side of Voltus and said "Come on now, you haven't got much time left to operate."