Corvo will feel it when Jamie relaxes: the mention of Emily getting to be herself. Of her being allowed to be a child. Jamie will nod to the last.

"I would have fought for her if you hadn't insisted," he says honestly.

Then he looks between Corvo and Jessamine.

"I'll protect her, life and heart. I'll teach her what I know about keeping boys and men in line. And if I have a family, then there's nowhere else I'd rather be."