And what is that one thing, Demande? [Oh, she knows what he'll say but she needs him to say it before she can actually address it. She looks at him carefully.]

Why is it gone? You said yourself, there is no Wiseman, there is no dark crystal. If you truly wish to change for the better I would hold out my hand to you, Demande. It would not be in the way you might want, but I would accept you if you were sincere.