He had, truly, expected "Dukh" was his son because he is dead, true-dead, once he's found a way free of here. He won't see the end of the war, won't be alive in a century to witness what becomes of the undead.
Getting his own name back (the first time he's heard it in--six, eight months? Longer? Much longer,) would be a shock if he could still be shocked. Maybe he can be shocked, for how many seconds it feels right to consider this revelation.
"Not mistaken. Off by a century." Off by a century. He's not dead, he's not in Navia, he's--
"Go. Tell the Wardens who attacked you if they ask." He didn't die. He's not dead. (He nearly killed a man over a misunderstanding.)
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He had, truly, expected "Dukh" was his son because he is dead, true-dead, once he's found a way free of here. He won't see the end of the war, won't be alive in a century to witness what becomes of the undead.
Getting his own name back (the first time he's heard it in--six, eight months? Longer? Much longer,) would be a shock if he could still be shocked. Maybe he can be shocked, for how many seconds it feels right to consider this revelation.
"Not mistaken. Off by a century." Off by a century. He's not dead, he's not in Navia, he's--
"Go. Tell the Wardens who attacked you if they ask." He didn't die. He's not dead. (He nearly killed a man over a misunderstanding.)