In that time, Canto had made a choice, a decision from which he had to choose a side within a conflict that might either reward him with survival or death. All Canto had to do, was to betray and kill a long-known aquaintence of his, a good friend. In that final moment, Canto could not bear to go through with it and he faltered, never knowing that his decision had inadvertently saved the Empire, and that of the World from imminent destruction, for the friend he did not kill was none other then Magnus the Pious.