Naturally, Garrot recoils at that hideous screech. Xaljim can't answer any of that, he can't do any of the legwork here. That's all for the Monkey Knight.

"When people keep secrets, they want to control what someone knows." Why would the Protector want that control? He's the Protector, so- "He wants to kill the Wizard every year. If there's stuff that you can't talk about, then that means that the only people on the island with information are him and the Wizard. But she's a liar and a cheater and a manipulator, so-" Garrot's eyes go wide, and he's glaring right at Xaljim all of a sudden.

"Does it stop the truth, or everything?" Garrot's staring right as his animal companion and he's not blinking. "Lie to me; who's keeping you from talking about all this with me?"