[That question stops him cold. He's got to take a deep breath in and let it back out again before the sick feeling of guilt ebbs enough he can speak; hadn't he taken Ser Ashlock to task over how awful that sort of erasure was, not more than a month ago?
And here he is, prattling on--] In the sense it's part of the historical record now, I'm interested in learning about it. In the sense it's part of the Chantry's erasing who our people once were--no, I'm not happy about that. It shouldn't have happened.
And when I'd said otherwise in the past, I--was wrong.
[He can't leave it at never mind when it cuts him to the quick like that. The words are maybe a little defensive, but Van's got the right of it. Myr will admit as much.]
Good. I'll not have you eaten by a giant squid or nibbled to death by kittens now that I've found you again. [...That was...more than he'd meant to say but it's true and there's not any taking it back.]
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And here he is, prattling on--] In the sense it's part of the historical record now, I'm interested in learning about it. In the sense it's part of the Chantry's erasing who our people once were--no, I'm not happy about that. It shouldn't have happened.
And when I'd said otherwise in the past, I--was wrong.
[He can't leave it at never mind when it cuts him to the quick like that. The words are maybe a little defensive, but Van's got the right of it. Myr will admit as much.]
Good. I'll not have you eaten by a giant squid or nibbled to death by kittens now that I've found you again. [...That was...more than he'd meant to say but it's true and there's not any taking it back.]