He Who Fights with Monsters 11 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #11)

by Shirtaloon

“How am I a problem?” “This boy is not the friend you lost, Mr Remore. He never will be. He will never have a memory of you, or of anything from any of his past lives. He will not have the same personality or follow the same life path. You will see echoes of the man he was because yes, that was your friend’s soul. Now it is this boy’s soul. He will grow up to be his own person. To make his own choices and his own mistakes. This boy is not your friend but your friend’s legacy. He is the gift that your friend has left to the cosmos. Gareth Xandier is gone, and he’s never coming back.” Velius bowed his head. “I’m sorry to be so blunt about your loss,” he said. “But it’s critical that you understand what I am trying to tell you. As I said, there is a reason that reincarnated souls are sent where no one they knew will ever find them.” “How did this happen? Becoming a demigod made him like Jason and the messengers. He wasn’t meant to be able to come back.” “He hasn’t come back. This is a new person. That’s what I’m repeating over and over, and will keep doing so until this sinks in.”