"He said it did," Arden said. "I think he was really shaken up when one of the other Knight Hopefuls died on a quest. He promised that he wouldn't let me down, that he'd succeed...I'm not sure he was even talking to me right then, instead of a stand-in for someone else. But I told him that, win or lose, he couldn't let me down. You know? I don't think about him any differently now that he's got a 'Sir' in front of his name. I'm happy he achieved his dream, but that's not the same as being let down if he hadn't. Does that make sense?"