[b]"I will be fine," Ella assured Marken gently. She stood as well, giving her fiance the most convincing smile she could. If he wasn't certain that she would be fine without him, she just knew he wouldn't go anywhere. Him staying in the dungeons with her wasn't the most effective thing he could do with his time, so there was no point in keeping him with her. He'd lose his mind in hours.

"Just promise to visit once a day," Ella told Marken gently, "I want to know how things are going on up there."[/b]