I haven't been entirely honest with you. It's not something I tell people, not if I can help it.
[But little by little things have unraveled. Now, more of those he cares for know than not.]
I told you I see the dead. I never told you why. I'm not a candle. I didn't make a contract or uncover anything.
[He lifts a hand. His power lights from beneath his skin and dissolves it away until the bones show. He moves his fingers idly in the dust before letting it reform.]
no subject
He sighs.]
I haven't been entirely honest with you. It's not something I tell people, not if I can help it.
[But little by little things have unraveled. Now, more of those he cares for know than not.]
I told you I see the dead. I never told you why. I'm not a candle. I didn't make a contract or uncover anything.
[He lifts a hand. His power lights from beneath his skin and dissolves it away until the bones show. He moves his fingers idly in the dust before letting it reform.]
I died. I see the dead because I'm one of them.