"Don't," Lancelot interrupts softly. "you can't know if it would have made a difference. They might just have picked a different day if you'd been with me."

Which might have been worse, if Faolan had no reason to be contacting him so frantically. It might have take longer for them to notice, then longer to find and get to him. Lancelot isn't sure what would have happened if he'd been there longer, but he doubts he would have enjoyed it.