How long had it been since he had drowned? Sunk to the bottom by a metal ball with a chain wrapped around his ankle?

How long had it been since he had drowned in the waters of Ketterdam Harbor?

Well, not really drowned. He wasn't really dead. He was more of a persistent man who refused to die, yet he was, in a sense, dead.

He was gone for so long that he was presumed dead, but the Dregs and {{user}} refused to think he was dead.