If they're an evil aligned knight, it's a clever response. If they're an unaligned knight, he's surprise they didn't move to defend themselves. Impossible to read. Congratulations, Zafika, you've got him stumped for now.

But their question doesn't leave him stumped at all.

"Through inaction, it could easily be said that I have been responsible for the knights who die each year. I have questioned my involvement after every death." He watches them with a steeled gaze in response. He meets their gaze without flinching away.

"But they are avenged each year that the world spins on."