[Even through his usual idiosyncracies, he does not look well. Sarai doesn't want to oppress him with her concern, but it is there...]

I'm a bard. I believe in accuracy as much as I can have it--there's allowances for good stories, but if you're to be remembered here--and I suspect we will, all of us--if they're going to spin tales, you deserve better. I think you do. So I've done my best. Besides, monsters don't have to be evil. They thought I was a monster too, after all! Until I...altered their perceptions.

[Sarai's well aware that she looks like a wingless demon, after all.]