[ Kahlil nods with another sad smile at the mention of Rhy, watching Wilhelm toy with the blade of grass just as he gets the urge to do the same. He draws up one knee, reflexively staring out into the distance - the same direction as the Singularity, somewhere beyond the boundary of his domain. ]

I guess I must have created her by accident. [ Some part of him that didn't want to let go after he'd seen her again in those domains. He thinks now they must belong to the gods, the Summoned who came before them. ]

My sister - as children when we were first taken by the priests and separated us, they did something awful to her. They flayed her down to her bones while she was still alive, and bound her spirit to her bones, kept her locked up in a monastery on the other side of the world. They did this to many women, because it was the only way they could access and control certain powers. [ He chews on the inside of his lip, pausing. ]

I promised to rescue her one day, to take her with me when I left our world. In my timeline, I did, but I had to leave her behind. I once told you that there is another version of me - and it was his world that I found myself in, before I came here. He wasn't able to save her. She died a long time ago.

[ This is a lot, he knows. But it's easier to just try to explain it all in one go. He avoids looking at Wilhelm, turning back to where Rousma is digging around. ]

I don't remember her face anymore. When I escaped with her, she wore a dog's skin. I know it's strange, but she told me she was happy to taste the air and chase little creatures in the grass.