The stairs are indeed still fixed where they ought to be. Does that at all serve to legitimize his claim when he answers—
"I haven't the slightest idea."
It's drawled in that perennially bored cadence of his, somehow all at once dismissive and impatient as he straightens back from across the rail. No, he doesn't know. But like a dark spot in his vision, the lack of awareness is active and pressing. Irritating.
It must be rooted in some fact beyond the edge of Horizon. Or, simply, Kirigan's purpose lies too closely to himself to be observed. It would be cheating to see myself, he'd said a long time ago to someone else in a very different place. You'll simply have to accept that I come by my charms naturally.
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"I haven't the slightest idea."
It's drawled in that perennially bored cadence of his, somehow all at once dismissive and impatient as he straightens back from across the rail. No, he doesn't know. But like a dark spot in his vision, the lack of awareness is active and pressing. Irritating.
It must be rooted in some fact beyond the edge of Horizon. Or, simply, Kirigan's purpose lies too closely to himself to be observed. It would be cheating to see myself, he'd said a long time ago to someone else in a very different place. You'll simply have to accept that I come by my charms naturally.