[Corvo did some things he doesn't like to think about when he put Emily back on the throne as a child. Even those who were spared did not go without punishment. Some might say life was worse than death for several of those Corvo brought down from their ivory towers. But those were his actions. His choices. He doesn't deny it or blame anyone else for the resulting guilt.]

Calling you mad is giving you the benefit of the doubt.

[It's an excuse for the actions of a dying old man.

When asked if 'he' sent him, Corvo smiles a little and lifts his left hand. The glove is removed and he turns his hand over to show Daud the back of it. There is no mark.]

Delilah's doing. [She pulled the mark from him, somehow.] I haven't spoken to the Outsider in years. Not since then.

[Since he fought to take back a kingdom.]

I don't ask for him. I don't pray at his shrines. He doesn't ask for me.

[Though Corvo has no doubts that the god is watching. He's always watching. He's probably getting a kick out of this conversation they're having.]