[It is the slight pause that comes before his words, the breath of silence from a man so confident in speech, that signifies the weight of what is to come. Then his words continue as even as slate, but laying bare his solemnity.]

I have received word from those of ALASTAIR that I am to return to the world whence I came - I cannot call it a homecoming, for it is to Troy's shores that I must go rather than those of my dear native Phthia. How I wish I could see those fertile plains where stands my father's noble house, which I long ago left behind...just once more I wish I could see, but such is not my lot. There by windy Ilios I must meet my fate which for more than a year I have circumvented, and thus what balance was lost shall be restored. I wish to bid farewell ere I leave in the morning.