"I assumed you remembered nothing!" His voice is sharp, cutting through the silent room. "I assumed you would be like all the other heroes who thought to notch their swords by vanquishing me. I assumed you would refuse to heed me, because I am an enemy of Hydaelyn!"

He closes his eyes, taking several deep breaths to calm himself. He hasn't moved his hand away from theirs.

"How was I to know that you would be different?" he asks bitterly. "Thousands upon thousands of years I have walked amongst you all. No-one has ever recalled the star as it once was."