"And if I had not arrived, no one would have stopped him from killing you," Raoun snapped back, annoyed. The child had a skewed sense of things, obviously, but there was nothing to be done about it now... "My proposition, healer, is that you devise a way to deal with the loose end or I'll do so."
Natalie chose that moment to butt in, and say, "Like your "non-lethal" would really make a difference in his eyes!"
Raoun swatted at her apparition, sending a hand through her face and shimmering the whole image like a mirage, "Non-lethal means they aren't dead! Was the tailor in Uthlyn dead? No!"
"But he couldn't remember his own name, or how to walk, or chew, and was effectively as useful as a vegetable! As far as fates worse than death go, that should by all rights be one of them!" Raoun opened his mouth to retort, but Naia continued, cutting him off, "Now, I'm not so opposed to that if it is for our shared wellbeing, but we have to consider Eckhart now... at least for now, in this decision." Raoun marvellously returned to form with a winning scowl, and a quick glare at the little Von Musel.
Eyes narrowing on the child again, he asked, "Then tell me, Eckhart, what shall we do with our loose end?"