Jake noticed that Druig had fallen silent, and when the others eyes started to turn gold he knew exactly what was going on, and yet he was powerless to stop it. Before he knew it, his own memories were surfacing back to the forefront of his mind as the Eternal poked and prodded in his subconscious.
Most prominently, Marc’s time on the ship in the Negative Zone and the exact carriage ride that Jake was able to recollect everything about his past life.
“Get the fuck out of my head,” He hissed, a few other partygoers around them glancing in their direction at the sound. But they were clearly too drunk to keep their focus as they quickly turned back around. Druig’s question rung through Jake’s ears, the weight of it sinking in as he remembered once again that everything he’d built for himself in Higher Avalon was nothing more than an illusion.
And guilt washed over him at the thought of Marc and Steven having to deal with their own shit for once in Egyptia. Jake wasn’t there to protect them, he was several domains away, running carriages and getting invited to extravagant parties at the Faire.Â
“Are you really one to talk?” Deflection was the easiest defense mechanism in this case as Jake quickly turned the conversation back to Druig. “Living here in this castle, working with someone like LeFay because it saved your own ass.. Even though the rest of your Eternal buddies are stuck back in Egyptia?”
druig acquiesced, withdrawing himself from the other’s subconscious.
no information was truly ever unavailable to him, but the means of retrieval for druig varied from person to person. some people cracked rather quickly. others, he could dip in and out of their minds without them even knowing.
jake’s retort left a sour pit in his stomach for a moment.
“you think i’ve been aware this entire time? it’s been eight years. i, like the rest of us, have only had my memories for a short while,” he paused, thoughts drifting to makkari again as he muttered under his breath, “ - didn’t even know she was alive this entire time.”
in jake’s defense, his own lack of action as of recent, was not the most admirable. but he couldn’t just march into egyptia and shut things down. there needed to be careful planning involved. he needed help.