Quote Witchety Grub:<br/>Draekin almost staggers forward, the force of Kiitani's words hitting him with the weight of the Nation. Almost he drops to his knees as Raissa answers his challenge, her strength as mesmerising to him as it had always been. But he keeps his feet, his chest heaving like a bellows.<br/><br/>As the Circle encloses him, Draekin focuses his entire attention on Raissa. "It need not be this way. You can still recant," he says. "This is not how I would wish it."