Hahahahahaha!
Heilam suddenly started laughing.
The sound echoed inside the sealed cave space, rough and sharp, without any joy in it. His shoulders shook as he laughed, but his eyes were cold. Deep inside them, hatred churned like a slow-burning fire.
"You say you are my sect's benefactor," Heilam said, staring at Aksai. "You say it was you who kept my sect running while I was gone. Haah."
He spat to the side and shook his head.
"I might have believed your words if I hadn't seen that vile creature under your command killing my sect members in cold blood. You sent them to their graves and sealed the only way out. You call that help?"
Grisham stood silently behind Aksai. Vines rested along his arms like coiled ropes, but he did not react. Now that he was in Aksai's presence, he had let go of his ego as the original Grisham.
Aksai shook his head slowly.
