Palamedes huffs a laugh. Though he obviously doesn't feel for Harrow what Gideon does, he thinks he knows what she means. Pal cares for the other necromancer deeply, but does he like her? It depends on the day.

"The Reverend Daughter has spent most of her life deliberately trying not to be liked," he observes. "If we all started liking her all the time, she wouldn't know what to do."