"Godfrey. You're back."
Hearing that whisper made him chuckle, though the sound was so faint it was barely audible.
"You broke my heart. Do you know what I had to go through? You died, I got owned by a monster, and then you rose again, but you were different. You weren't you anymore." Imperial sobbed.
Godfrey chuckled again, although the sound was almost indistinguishable from crying. "A… are you crying?"
"Well, I don't have tears, and I don't have a face to make expressions with. I'm making these sounds so you'll know what I went through," Imperial replied defensively. "Do you know how long it's been?"
"A long time, I'm guessing."
"Exactly! Everyone's gone. Isolde remarried, your—"
"What?! What did you say?"
Imperial burst into laughter.
"Ha, ha." Godfrey scowled, realising he'd been tricked into giving such an easy reaction.
"There's someone beside you. Open your eyes," Imperial said.
"My eyes aren't open?"
"They're not."
