Mirrorbound from the same places seem fated to come across each other eventually. Sometimes I wonder if there's magic at work trying to draw us back together, for better or worse.

[Now that's a difficult question; answering it would only raise more and neither of them, he suspects, have the time or inclination to work through the Gordian knot that is the Grail War. So, he wisely cuts all of that in his reply.]

In a sense, though only a few I knew personally. [And they're a mixed bag of emotions, even now. With a soft, thoughtful hum, he teases that stray lock of hair of his around one finger.] But if there's one thing I can say with certainty, it's that you will be looked after regardless. There are some truly valorous souls here.