"I did ask, just in a fucking rude way. You made a liar out of me by dying here, you know that? I'm not so cruel as to pretend like hurting his friends isn't hurting him." Vika rolls her eye, and looks down. "So. I'm sorry to you, personally, for not warning you faster. When you go explain this to him and his fucking mating crest, please convey my apologies to him on that matter too. I don't think showing up in person will seem like keeping my word in good faith."