To prioritize the latter gives Elidibus more time to think of an answer to the former so he'll not argue.
"Yes. I gave every bit of myself in the effort and by rights, I would have returned to my star." The true death of an immortal Ascian, like Lahabrea and Emet-Selch before him. For a fleeting moment, a trace of bitterness seems to appear in his expression.
"But the connection to the Voidtrecker Express was still present. And it drew me back. I am exhausted, but I'm not undone."
That he is very drained of his aether and perhaps even less than any denizen of the Source right now is carefully left unmentioned. That doesn't mean it couldn't be inferred. Elidibus had closed his eyes for a moment. But opening them again he focuses on the miqo'te.
"As to the events that had transpired, I first have a question. When you first arrived on the train as a passenger, what had last occurred? When you returned to your reality, how much time had passed? What events were happening?" The Ascian adds by way of explanation, "This will help me know what I must explain, based on what I learned of the state of affairs in my own."
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"Yes. I gave every bit of myself in the effort and by rights, I would have returned to my star." The true death of an immortal Ascian, like Lahabrea and Emet-Selch before him. For a fleeting moment, a trace of bitterness seems to appear in his expression.
"But the connection to the Voidtrecker Express was still present. And it drew me back. I am exhausted, but I'm not undone."
That he is very drained of his aether and perhaps even less than any denizen of the Source right now is carefully left unmentioned. That doesn't mean it couldn't be inferred. Elidibus had closed his eyes for a moment. But opening them again he focuses on the miqo'te.
"As to the events that had transpired, I first have a question. When you first arrived on the train as a passenger, what had last occurred? When you returned to your reality, how much time had passed? What events were happening?" The Ascian adds by way of explanation, "This will help me know what I must explain, based on what I learned of the state of affairs in my own."