That catches Ankh by surprise and for a second it's plainly visible on his face. He's wrong, but it's an interesting guess.

"She never betrayed me." That was someone else. But that statement hurts in a different way. If anything, it was the other way around, though that wasn't his intention. And now there are the words he heard as that world faded, all too fresh in his mind. He looks to Sebastian, a question suddenly occurring to him.

"Just before we got back here, did you hear anything else?"