Devin has grown accustomed to sharing a bed with someone astonishingly quickly. After so many years living alone, sharing nothing with no one and only having woken up next to someone day after day one other time in his life, he'd expected to be more restless. It's the Fool's voice that brings Devin fully to consciousness, and what he says chases away sleep in an instant.

He sits up, not abruptly but with alertness in his eyes, expecting a threat. But what he sees is a child that resembles one he's seen before, more than 500 years ago. They look similar, but there's something off, something missing. The child Tu Vishan used as an avatar had a presence. This one is-- thin.

"You're not Tu Vishan," Devin points out bluntly. "Why are you here?" Usually, there was a message of some kind.