"And that's the problem, isn't it." There's something rueful in his smile, which only intensifies when he realizes his coffee cup is empty.

"Moiraine -- "

It's a lot to ask? But she knows that.

Bad things will probably come of it? She knows that, too.

He owes debts to people here? She's got her own debts to people, and now, when she believes she has the ability to go back --

And don't they owe something to each other?

(Doesn't he want them to owe something to each other?)

"I don't know," he says frankly.