[ Then why bring it up at all? To make a point? ]

Y'know, I'm not saying I won't participate...

[ But there wasn't a whole lot he could feasibly do in an actual fight. Would the Regent senselessly throw him away to defend Achamoth? That seemed so unlikely that he couldn't believe it. ]

So what are you good at? It definitely wasn't rousing speeches, I'll tell you that much.