Mark’s head cleared, situated wholly in the present. He broke away from TeZarron. “You were there with Juraens and me. You were our witness. And since we’ve been on board, I’ve scarcely seen him. He’s deliberately avoided me, hasn’t he? You always knew Bane was a liar. And you knew, because of my Bond with Juraens, that Bane would not be able to violate me. Jonal warned me. He said that I wouldn’t be able to control my reaction if the Bond was real. And here, on deck, I couldn’t. Yet Juraens has, for tides. How?”