"Correct on all counts. I cannot leave, nor can I allow you free reign of this room, without a direct order from my master. Given that he intended to return within days, and it has been years, I do not hold out hope for his survival. Actually, I do not<em>desire</em>his survival, except that he can finish this damned calling, and let me go."<br/><br/>The outsider's voice had been calm, through most of this, but grew notably heated near the end.