[Unfortunately, for most of the journey that was how he was feeling, and he had been convinced from the start that there was only one course of action that could properly deal with it.]

Polka was informed when I first met her, but that was mostly due to her knowledge of her own illness and how we were both capable of using magic.

That said... how things progressed kept me from voicing it to anyone else. The more we learned the more troubling the situations became, and I simply found myself not wanting to burden anyone further.

In hindsight... it probably would have made the end of all that easier to deal with, but at the same time I had no way of knowing if my confession of my state and my plan would have resulted in unneeded hesitance from everyone.