(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

"Wait..." the truth of it was clicking into place, "Those shadows you sent
against me -- they never succeeded in killing me... but that was never their
purpose, was it? They only 'kill' me to make me forget."
"Except that - from what the Pillar of Skulls told me, there were three that
knew where you could be found and how to reach you - one is Trias, one's
you, and the other is me. If you kill Trias and I, there would be no one who
knows who you are and how to find you."
"So you used me to find him? You wanted me to kill him, didn't you, so his
knowledge would die -- then you tried to kill me, so I would forget where to
find you."
"But why? Why do-"
its voice rang harshly, like a funeral gong,
"But I no longer forget when I die. Perhaps once, but no longer."
"'Always' doesn't mean what it once did. I have already died once, and my
memories returned to me, intact."
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