"Please do not assume I am sending you to your collective demise. It is quite certain. The fact remains that you-' another short bout of coughing ensues' are all we have left.' The magistrate gestures at the babbling wreck in the corner' This... wreck was once a competent adventurer. He is unfortunately all I can send with you."
At this the babbling wreck in the corner jumps out of his seat and apparently attempts to push himself further into the corner than he had been before.
"No! Won't go back!"