"I'd do it, anyway." A mad Khemrys was still an alive Khemrys and even though Jonas couldn't say he had as much claim to her as Kernan did, it was still something important to him. "Even if you never talked to me again."

None of them belonged there, but Khemrys belonged there even less than most. She was just... Well, he'd take her away if he could, even if it meant leaving people, even more than he'd take just himself if he could.