Phase 8: Manipulators; Chapter 1: Pawns and Knights

But was protecting Shadehawk originally a conscious decision? Or was it something he done without thinking?

Say he's decided not to save Shadehawk from the brink of death any more. He would then let Shadehawk die if somehow that would happen (and Wizard could have prevented it), because he didn't change his mind on that decision, even though the experiment (whatever it may be) would probably be completely ruined by this rather than merely "tainted" by changing his mind.

I may not have communicated that well. And either way it probably makes little difference.