"They will. I apologize if my statement was less than clear." He wasn't planning on staying here any longer than he had to--and it had already been far too long, even if it was barely a quarter of the time that the captain had been in the city. Sooner or later, they were going to leave. He had to keep believing it, or else that human half of him that he liked to pretend didn't exist would be subject to the despair of the rest of the city.