[ Another little bop. It's not really a pet, not ... at all, actually. More just a little touch because if someone or something is going to play at being a purring cat and get the fur on the food like that, he might as well show it the affectionate touch that implies. And to be fair, it is warm.

... He's not explained anything of it. His survival, all that hard work to get to the points he did... he doesn't dismiss it, no but nor is it really all his own power or anything. What's more- ]

Just so you're not assuming through things, [ Even if he was correct, ] the basic version is that I was pulled into their war a little over ten years ago, was in it for five, left after the capital fell [ there's a lot, lot more to that, but he did say cliffnotes and he's driving to another point, ], and I've been journeying since.

So what's your story?