Ouroboros Spine My atonement lasts the best part of eternity.

First one, then the other.

Dead. He answered. That's all he knew; Merrick had not been detailed in his retelling, and Astara would not share anything at all, leaving him to guess. It was too bad then, that Nuak did not care to ponder over it. All he knew was that they had not fought for him. That neither of them had wanted him. He had been a gift to the bruin-witch.

Why does it matter? He dared to ask — sinking back, finally, in to the crevasse so that the shadows could swallow him up.