"You must forgive me if I have my doubts. In my experience, there is little mercy in this world, and what pittance we have is eked out through blood and pain. The gods have offered me little sanctuary in exchange for my service, and so I do what I can to find the closest thing to safe harbor before the tide comes in. It's futile, of course. My soul is cursed, bound for an eternity of suffering in the slave pits of Coldharbour."

"But you do not strike me as a fool, even as a man who puts his faith in the Madgod. I'm intrigued."