[Though he's careful to say so neutrally. A casual thing to wonder about, rather than deep anxiety that grips him on a regular basis. He's already begun thinking about what he can say to defend himself, to tell people that no, it's not what it looks like, not at all. The thing he fears deepest, however, is a thing that holds no meaning here for these people. It will be easy to shrug off as unimportant even though his origins have haunted him every day of his life.]
It's the tip of an iceberg, isn't it? Tell me, though, since you understand magic. What sort of magic makes this happen? Graves appearing overnight, experiences of others' deaths attached to them - have you seen it before?
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[Though he's careful to say so neutrally. A casual thing to wonder about, rather than deep anxiety that grips him on a regular basis. He's already begun thinking about what he can say to defend himself, to tell people that no, it's not what it looks like, not at all. The thing he fears deepest, however, is a thing that holds no meaning here for these people. It will be easy to shrug off as unimportant even though his origins have haunted him every day of his life.]
It's the tip of an iceberg, isn't it? Tell me, though, since you understand magic. What sort of magic makes this happen? Graves appearing overnight, experiences of others' deaths attached to them - have you seen it before?