[ Maybe if this was fifteen years ago, this would've been way more of a relief than it is. But it's hard to take anything about this as a victory, even a pyrrhic one. ]

I don't know what happened. Ludger didn't say what went on between you two. It seemed like they didn't know how it got to that point.

[ Even if he knew about the soul bridge then, it felt out of character for Ludger to be willing to let that happen, even to someone he was at odds with. He was still soft, even after everything. ]