"Nearly a year." He frowns, even though he knows the passage of time, saying it outloud makes it seem real. Too real. "I was with the first to arrive, this place was nearly empty before then. Only Will and Rastus and a man named Winters were around."

And there'd been more stars, something only Rosinante had thought to track. It wouldn't have even occurred to Kuai that some of them were missing. "I'm Grandmaster Kuai Liang."

A wry shake of his head and he follows that with, "Kuai."

He's not a Grandmaster anymore. Not here.