Wrathion flinches as the name is spoken, as if bracing against a physical impact.

Is that what Alexstrasza meant?

In a manner of speaking, yes. She was speaking, he thinks, to specific events. Wrathion is not fully cavalier with life, but he made a decision once that was... unwise. The illusion there was tapping into his insecurities about that, he thinks, his fear.

"She left out plenty of detail," he offers. "Many of my vices were learned from experience. As a child, a member of her family kept me a prisoner in all but name. When I tried to escape, agents were sent to recapture or kill me. Not something that breeds trust, I am sure you agree."