"She'll be alright. Detta's a survivor." Among other things. He pauses a moment but then continues, voice flat and matter-of-fact. "And Susannah's far too entertaining to let stay dead. Not now."

And that's all there is to say about that, really, so Roland moves on to the next topic. The man doesn't look convinced. "Anger's tricky. It convinces your reason to go along with it. Separating the two takes time. And work."

Roland's not going to gloss over the most important part of it, but nor is he going to go any further than that. Whether Orc chooses to give up or not is his own business. He considers the huge, gravely hand a moment, then holds out his own. "Roland Deschain."