"If I could make safe Wishes," Keltham whispers, "ones that should not work even in a world of magic, I'd Wish that all the Kelthams across all the worlds could ask one true question to the average Carissa of the Conspiracy, no matter how rare she is, to ask her if somehow even she loves him, or maybe just, if she's okay despite having to play the role of being tortured -"
"I don't know why I'm thinking that. She'd just be like 'no obviously', and how would that help anything."