@cardigansandearlgrey: “I cannot come with you, my prince."
The blood-soaked Theosis looked at William in shock before giving him a bittersweet smile. "I understand. If you cannot, then I beg of you. Take care of Nad for me. Do for him what I could not," he had told him. Then he had turned and left without another word, not to be seen again for a few more decades.
That memory played through Gar's head as he stared at the man before him—the man who was once his friend before he became the evil god's vessel, back when he was known by his real name, Theosis. The smile the other would've known as warm and inviting was now cold and cunning. It was clear he was a different person, not just externally. "Well, aren't you a familiar figure," he said as his necrotic companions regarded the stranger they had caught snooping around their king's castle. "Hello, William."