Another hint that Horn died in the pit

Krait nodded. "You said you thought he was an old man, and you were angry because he had tricked you. You told me some trooper shot and killed him." I nodded. "Did you see his corpse?" "Yes." Something of the revulsion I had felt must have shown on my face. "What difference does that make?" "Being dead makes a great deal of difference to some of us. " ~ OBW, Chapter 10, Seawrack's Ring