If you think this is bad, wait until you see what he really looks like, though I pray you never have to.

[That would probably be bad news for all of them. Then again...]

At the very least, yes. Fortunately, it seems there's no shortage of those around. [He can't exactly say how many he's met, but he's aware that there's a few of them present.] Replicating the circumstances, however, is another situation entirely.

[He'd like to think... Well, hope that death had proved a sobering experience. But he knew better than to get his hopes up, especially when it came to the Ascians, and... Well, it's not like he didn't understand why he did what he did. Who wouldn't take a second chance, in his case?]

What was he like, when you met him?