User blog comment:D2r/Was Veil ultimately Redeemed?/@comment-1048979-20111226184430

To be frank, I don't see what suddenly motivated Veil to save Bryony. He never once returned her affection throughout the story, and at one point even hurt Togget and later trapped him and Bryony inside the mountain.

That said, I do think he intentionally placed himself in front of Bryony to save her. I just can't see why.