Northern yielded and allowed Ultron to stay, not because he was suddenly convinced the man posed no danger, but because Northern himself was in too good a place to give it a thorough thought. He wanted to leave as soon as possible, and at the same time, he was not going to leave Ultron unsupervised, so he asked Corpse Eater to watch him.
Corpse Eater was well suited for the task. There were a lot of Corpse Eaters amongst Northern's Echoes, and even now, each looked very different from what they had been when he slayed them on the streets of Lotheliwan. That particular one he had fought in the mansion had grown to be both a bosom friend of Mr Fluffy and a very dependable Commander. It remained a secret how the Echo always managed to put things in place for Northern without even having to speak.
Northern retreated from the cave and found his way to the pit of the forge.
