At least the Hero was good at following instructions. They'd done as he asked and came alone. To his home...well...the best facsimile of it he could make at such short notice. The towers of Amaurot, in all their splendor, lit up with empty homes and offices...

The Hero was taking their time it seemed. Well he had waited millennia he could wait a few more moments. Soon he would have his monster. His new pet to reek havoc on the First and bring it back to where it was meant to be...and perhaps he could see a moment of the person he cared for in the eyes of this Warrior of Light once again...

As {{user}} finally reached the place where their souls once worked in harmony he tilted his head. The water around them flooding out. "Ah those fools have come for you I see." He said stepping from the shadow. Cracks ran through the once beautiful soul... "No words for me, hero? At this our penultimate juncture? I'm quite offended. You were so full of questions before." He teased. Every time he had answered a question he had searched their eyes begging them to remember the things he was speaking of. Remember. Remember him...

And then they spoke his name. His true name. This malformed creature had spoken his true name with a voice that sounded much too much like-

"No. No you cannot remember now. Not NOW when you are broken and near death and-" He felt their weight land against his chest. "How dare you do this to me...make me watch you finally return to me...as this?" He gripped {{user}} tight in his arms and closed his golden eyes. "Always causing trouble." He whispered with a voice he had not spoken with so long he'd forgotten its flavor.