[That’s a curious thought, isn’t it. Disturbing, too, though Henry does find it more fascinating than not.

Still, somehow, this manages to drag a bit of empathy out of him — so small that it does not sound in his tone, but rather, the manner of things he says.

(Also, thanks for the shade.)]

So then he did train you. But it sounds like it was all trial by fire.

My… [Papa. No.] The director of the lab I lived in and your Witch King might have gotten along, you know. Sometimes it felt that way to me, too.

And there was no getting out of that arrangement, no matter what I wanted.