[Lobelia smiles with no particular mirth. All the same, this one is genuine. So few of them are.]

Then it appears we've learned the same lesson. Still, the path that led me here was not as straightforward as you seem to think. I believe you were saved much sooner than I.

[Giving into temptation can only end one way. Indulgence means taking from others for the benefit of oneself. As much as they are two sides of the same blade, Temenos stopped before severing something irreplaceable to him while Lobelia kept hacking away. That alone should make him happy. Satisfied. Fulfilled.

Does it?

Turning his back on Temenos, Lobelia stares at the inky blackness that surrounds them. His hearing is such that he can differentiate between one "path" and the other, and by clicking his tongue, he gauges the distance between, after which he gazes at Temenos over his shoulder.]

There is only one path out of here, and that path lies ahead of us. Que ferez-vous? Allez-vous me suivre?