Die. Respawn. Repeat.

It takes only a few minutes for Gheraa to go through the magnitude of what he'd learned. Ahkelios, Guard and I all exchange glances as he describes the legend of the Sunken King and everything he was supposedly involved in. The more he speaks, the more things click into place.

A startling number of things, actually. I was hoping for some answers, but even painted as vaguely as it is, this single missing piece holds the answer to a dozen possible connections. Maybe more.

Ahkelios is first to speak, voicing what I'm pretty sure we're all thinking. "So we all agree that that's obviously Kauku, right?" he asks. "I mean, he showed up out of nowhere to ask Ethan for a favor, he can clearly do whatever he wants with the Interface, and he keeps calling Ethan his Heir."

"He keeps doing what?" Gheraa asks.

"It fits," I admit. I'm not sure how that thought makes me feel. "I've got the same Truth, and the whole Anchoring thing kind of fits with the legend. I'm not sure if that's what we should be focusing on, though."

"Yeah, I'm more worried about everything else this implies," Ahkelios says, getting up and beginning to pace. "Doesn't this mean he created the Interface?"

"It sounded to me as though he may have been responsible for the creation of Firmament itself," Guard says. "Though the tale is imprecise. It is possible he only created the Interface, as you say."

"That's even worse!" Ahkelios complains. "We're supposed to fight something that created Firmament? We use the stuff!"

"Excuse me," Gheraa says. "What was that about being his Heir?"