When and if he gets home, Martel wouldn't advise the words 'I reconciled with our crazy renegade' crossing his lips, no, not if he enjoys having his friends possess nominal faith in his sanity. (Whereas none of Martel's friends actually think he's sane in the first place, observant individuals that they are.)

"We were brothers - 'once', we like to say. If we weren't still, Sparhawk, it wouldn't matter and we wouldn't be picking at each other the way we are. Yes, I might consider it. God knows it's preferable." A beat, and then more dryly, "If he's listening."

It'll be a long time before religion is anything like easy for him, and this is probably why he's so consistently sharp about it.