Well at least he seems sincere, even if Cao Pi closes his eyes briefly for a sigh. No, not the time to correct people on names. This is a worthy aside to the main topic, he did encourage the new round of arrivals to come and get their questions answered.

"It has happened a handful of times, in the last two months," he explains. "People whose lanterns were snuffed or who met death by some other means showed up again alive, through the church if I've heard correctly. But not all of them. There doesn't yet seem to be a pattern or a clear indication why some return and some are simply gone forever." Speaking of which... "We had an extensive and important mission go very wrong, a couple of weeks ago. More than a dozen died or vanished and of them, only a couple came back."