"Peter wanted to prove that...that Jamie could never escape him, that he could never grow up, have an adult life apart from Peter. I took his victory away. Normally it hurts me, to heal. I am not the god of fixing things. But it didn't hurt as much, to heal Corvo. Because Peter saw. Because he knew all the works of his spite would be undone, and he was powerless to prevent it. He knew, truly and completely, that he lost. I freed Corvo, and healed him, and dragged Peter down into the dark, in the one moment between the Admiral and the Cap'n that he was truly vulnerable."

Kahl lifts his chin, eyes bright and fierce.

"I think it's the best thing I've ever done."

And if the Admiral needs him to be sorry for it - that's too bad. Because he isn't, and he won't be.