It's not the first time they've been glad to have the<em>ifrit</em>on their side, but probably the first (in Jacob's memory, anyway) where the effects have been so...dramatic.<br/><br/>He nods his head to the captive.  "Prince Corwin, I am Jacob of Al-Ahlam.  I trust that our journey will be...uneventful."  Jacob steps forward, cautiously, to help the manacled man onto his mount.