"Maybe..." He starts, weighing the options. "The best solution is for you stay near so if things start to go wrong, I'll signal for you."
Gyre did have a point. Losing any of the Knights would be a devastating loss, but Luka's death would be a blow to the morale of a not insignificant amount of people in the world. Then the Wizard would likely be framed for the slaying of a beloved celebrity, and that wouldn't do them any good in their quest to clear her name.
"I'll try to back off before it gets to that point, though. As much as I want the truth from him it isn't worth prying out of him if it means either, or both, of us dying."
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Gyre did have a point. Losing any of the Knights would be a devastating loss, but Luka's death would be a blow to the morale of a not insignificant amount of people in the world. Then the Wizard would likely be framed for the slaying of a beloved celebrity, and that wouldn't do them any good in their quest to clear her name.
"I'll try to back off before it gets to that point, though. As much as I want the truth from him it isn't worth prying out of him if it means either, or both, of us dying."