Bab 11: Chapter 11: Oath, Part 5

Finally Binhadi replied, "I did no such thing. Even if I'd wanted to, I have no idea how. Oathbinding is a myth, but pretending for a moment that it's not, it is still not something I was taught. I can take your power, but I know nothing about Oathbinding."

"Fires!" Mahzan snarled. "I can still feel you, feel my magic attached to you. My emotion reading is growing stronger, and I would wager that if it grows strong enough, it will evolve into mind reading—which will drive me mad, if it does not kill me! Why did you do this to me?"

"You of all people should be able to tell if I am lying about it," Binhadi replied. He abruptly stepped forward, into Mahzan's personal space, and laid one hand over Mahzan's heart, the other on his forehead. "Feel for yourself—am I lying? I do not know how to Oathbind. I did not do this on purpose."