( He seems, all at once, overcome: the care of him for the last half year. He has slept that long, then. He has been... adrift. And before that? There are lines on his hands, wrinkles he does not remember. Old age has found his mind young. How long now, has he not owned himself? )
I... I was born in... Halleopia. Northern Ellethia. My name... ( This part is easy, rehearsed with the nurses. ) I am Zenobius of the Panagos. My father... was...
( A moment to lick his lips, to — what was it, the name, the — he motions stiffly, exasperatedly, to the cup on his nightstand. ) Give me water. I'll remember soo — ...Asclepios.
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( He seems, all at once, overcome: the care of him for the last half year. He has slept that long, then. He has been... adrift. And before that? There are lines on his hands, wrinkles he does not remember. Old age has found his mind young. How long now, has he not owned himself? )
I... I was born in... Halleopia. Northern Ellethia. My name... ( This part is easy, rehearsed with the nurses. ) I am Zenobius of the Panagos. My father... was...
( A moment to lick his lips, to — what was it, the name, the — he motions stiffly, exasperatedly, to the cup on his nightstand. ) Give me water. I'll remember soo — ...Asclepios.