[ marduk sits with a heavy sigh, resigned to his fate of exposition. he tries to be considerate and give vanadi room of his own, but-- well, there wasn't that much of it to begin with. ]

Truthfully, I didn't have much to do with it. [ he slumps back in his seat, eyes closed. ] Cheating death isn't very... common, where I'm from. Most of it was tracking down someone who claimed they could.