Erato remembered Asterion saying he'd never lost a fight. Clearly things had been different then. Nobody had had the initiative to organise behind the scenes. "That was very brave of you," she said. "If you'd been caught it could've gone badly. It's admirable that you went out of your way to help people like that." This time Elijah was the recipient of her warm smile. "That's terrible they deceived you like that."