Meeting the Captain's gaze felt like a safer bet, and of course he was wrong again. He listens to that, and sees a conviction powerful enough to turn tides and withstand maelstroms.

Zerxus almost feels light-headed, for a second, before he takes a deep breath and tastes blood and ash again.

"It stops mattering here. That's why we need to get you out."

He won't see faith like that crushed.