"Yes... I know that..." He said and then looked at her, blinking the blood away from his eye. "I don't want you to worry. The king would never let the dungeon master torture you to a point of bleeding, trust me." He told her with a small smile.
Beneath the smile, he was hiding all his pain and all his emotions right now. He knew that if he cried out in pain, the dungeon master would return and savor it, perhaps the king would too. "Katana, I promise you, my men know that King Harlaus has been after me, so they will come with the help of the Nords, I promise." He said promise twice, and that meant it was a double promise to her. "Think you can stay calm and hang in there for three to four days?"