The pained look in her eyes tore at him.  She'd never expected to escape, and his attempt to save her had done nothing but add himself and Ana to the casualties.<br/><br/>"We.. We couldn't leave you like that..." he explained uselessly, "We tried to pull you to the portal.  But Garreth..."  Garreth's final shouted words came back to him and he winced at the truth of them.  "Garreth escaped."<br/><br/>He looked down at Ana and shivered.  "His?" he asked uncertainly, "You mean that spawn?"