“You don’t understand,” Svogthir replied, “and I am not surprised. It is my fault, really. I have spent so many long hours working through the scenarios that might see me free of this dull place that I sometimes forget what I have and have not told you.” “The crabs ate part of your brain. That couldn’t have helped.” “I don’t begrudge my only true companions these last thousand years a snack now and then,” Svogthir said.
