It's not fair. But - we don't know for sure that the people in the photographs will vanish too? We were just guessing.

[ But it's a reasonable guess. Places and things - they can be rebuilt or replaced. Who would kill over that alone? Orpheus worries his lip and swallows hard, trying to think things through. ]

But - this doesn't make sense as a way to tell you to kill someone. If you did, and got away with it, then I'd die anyway, because of how the trials work. [ And that sort of defies the point, doesn't it? He shakes his head again, more firmly this time. ] And... I don't think the Wizard is going to do anything to me while I'm still a part of his game. So maybe we'll have time to figure something out. To stop him.