"That doesn't matter. It was a spar, Artimes. A spar. You could've suffered a lasting injury, and that would've been my fault. I can't do that again. I'm not losing you too," he says, face flushed in fear-fueled anger.
A voice behind them says, "Because she was reckless and hurt herself needlessly in an attempt to win." Adam stops on the bottom step of the staircase. "Why would you do that, Artimes? Why was winning so important?"