No, [ kaveh stands his ground, although the sudden snarly undertone in alhaitham's voice does send a shiver down his spine. he's never heard anything like that come from him. ] contrary to popular belief, Alhaitham, you're not always right. [ he's just going to have to let this run its course, huh, and he can at least be a little thankful that they're both basically in the middle of nowhere, so he doesn't have to worry about anybody else getting dragged into this. ] I'm not leaving. I'm going to help. [ somehow. ]

[ kaveh summons another couple of vines, but instead of immediately creeping onto the deck and making themselves obvious they hang back... ready to reach out and snare alhaitham should kaveh find himself overwhelmed. ]