He has another little sip of his drink, looking for the words.
"Yes. He was bound to a Leitner, after, as a sort of... ghost. Like his mother." He grimaces with it. That Leitner is still in Deerington, presumably still in the keeping of someone who really should not have it. They'll have to deal with that sooner or later. "I was able to free him from it. Before the Unknowing. He should really just be dead."
Like Tim.
And this seems to be the best lead-in he'll get, so here Jon gulps the rest of his drink, wincing. Sets it down and lets the warm buzz start to settle in. He does not really think it will help.
"There is... a less simple case." He looks at Tim, finally. Meets his eyes. "It's Sasha— the real Sasha. She's here."
And he has never been so overjoyed and crushed at the same time, because he still cannot remember her.
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"Yes. He was bound to a Leitner, after, as a sort of... ghost. Like his mother." He grimaces with it. That Leitner is still in Deerington, presumably still in the keeping of someone who really should not have it. They'll have to deal with that sooner or later. "I was able to free him from it. Before the Unknowing. He should really just be dead."
Like Tim.
And this seems to be the best lead-in he'll get, so here Jon gulps the rest of his drink, wincing. Sets it down and lets the warm buzz start to settle in. He does not really think it will help.
"There is... a less simple case." He looks at Tim, finally. Meets his eyes. "It's Sasha— the real Sasha. She's here."
And he has never been so overjoyed and crushed at the same time, because he still cannot remember her.