“I am not ungrateful that I survived that interaction, but… I’m not sure what to make of the idea that that makes me stronger. My House’s Lord was slain, and my flesh has been more or less stable since I finished my transformation into this. Why I would have the power to overwhelm one whose Lord still lives and commands the power of creation… there is no clear answer how it might have been done, and every possibility I can think of is troubling.”