Crask stared at Jack in silence for a long time, a million different thought and motives running through his head. "Your new friend...?" he started, fists clenched and shaking at his side, partly out of anger, but mainly out of fear. He knew that to refuse this offer was to invite death, but.... he let out a pained growl, to fail here would dishonour him, and his father's legacy for all time. Suddenly, his will broke, and his eyes dropped, and in a low, quaking voice filled with shame he muttered "I give you my word, on what remains of my honour".