He knows his craft, his tools well enough to know that he can wait this out and this silly business will soon pass. That is not what he worries about; he knows his mother's fury and penchant for revenge and he quickly learns to pity a mortal princess who falls from grace with parents whose hands and voices are crueler than he could have guessed.

The effects won't last long, so he has to work fast; as long as the dart holds sway, he can always tell his mother that he couldn't resist.