[Aleksander looks at the hand for a long, uncomfortable moment before he takes it in a firm grip.] My name is Aleksander.
[He forgot, in the dream-that-wasn't, the nightmare in the library and the endless sands of a successful mission that still ended with unending suffering.
His name, and the promise that brought him here. In the eons he spent in this dream, it all vanished, ground up in to dust until his mind had been a blank slate. Breathing only because he had to, walking because there was no other choice.
And he turns his gaze on Clayton, eternity in his eyes as he looks at him and looks through him-] You are on time.
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[He forgot, in the dream-that-wasn't, the nightmare in the library and the endless sands of a successful mission that still ended with unending suffering.
His name, and the promise that brought him here. In the eons he spent in this dream, it all vanished, ground up in to dust until his mind had been a blank slate. Breathing only because he had to, walking because there was no other choice.
And he turns his gaze on Clayton, eternity in his eyes as he looks at him and looks through him-] You are on time.
Let's go.
[Ahead of them, the road stretches on.]