the words

i've got a river for a soul

"You are too kind." Remi argued back with a light roll of his eyes. "And yes, or at least I think so. He lives here, in his wagon. Though perhaps with Arduinna gone he no longer does. She had...bound him to her, in a way. Perhaps her death finally set him free." Much as it pained the alchemist to think his friend might have left without saying goodbye, he supposed he couldn't quite hold it against him.

Once his laughter had faded, Remi glanced towards Sam and sighed. "I think...Rae did, actually. It was in a dream...but one that a few others shared as well." Resting his wrist across his forehead to partially shade his eyes from the light, he let his gaze linger on Sam's for a moment before shrugging. "We are meant to guard the portals. To stop the ascended from using them. Only...I am not sure I want to. I do not want another blight of course, but now that we are blocked from the Greatwood, it feels like it did when the barrier was up." Scanning the lines of Sam's face, now perhaps just as familiar to him as it had been when the pair had been together, he exhaled softly through his nose. "How did you hear about your assignment, or duty, or whatever we are calling it? What do you think?"