[Her rebounding flinch when his irritation lashes out is short-lived, as if it's more serving the expectation that she should be flinching than actually pulling away. She might argue that it has everything to do with Manon, if she was in an arguing state. In their dealings with both the otter and the man, there was the weight of what could and couldn't be saved hanging like a sword above them. No choice has ever led to perfect harmony in its outcome. That is, perhaps, the lesson they should have learned for this discussion.]

To let him live in service for his penance would have one stipulation the pagan god Set may not have considered. Only a willing soul can be saved. [Though anything can be, as long as it has not sunk so deep into the abyss or emerged from it.]

Would it matter to you if he had crossed that threshold?