[If those who knew Wynn would be surprised to see him bending knee to anyone, they would have been even more startled by the quite jovial smile and accompanying laugh that emerge at Arthur's last comment. He shakes his head with good-hearted ruefulness.] Regrettably, no, though I think there remain quite a few who would gladly bend knee to you as their King, even in this day and age.
[The smile softens, as he recognizes fully what the two unspoken questions on Arthur's mind had been.]
If there is a way, I have devoted my life to finding it. Perhaps these new occurrences, your arrival included, will be the key to finally unlock the mystery behind our inability to travel beyond this world.
[He looks down, as if weighing how to say something.] ... And I take no offense to your not recollecting who I am. The Arthur I knew was ... older than you are, though it is difficult for me to say by how much.
[Wynn looks up at him, brows drawing together slightly] You say it is difficult to order your memories at present? What facts of your life can you easily recall?
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[The smile softens, as he recognizes fully what the two unspoken questions on Arthur's mind had been.]
If there is a way, I have devoted my life to finding it. Perhaps these new occurrences, your arrival included, will be the key to finally unlock the mystery behind our inability to travel beyond this world.
[He looks down, as if weighing how to say something.] ... And I take no offense to your not recollecting who I am. The Arthur I knew was ... older than you are, though it is difficult for me to say by how much.
[Wynn looks up at him, brows drawing together slightly] You say it is difficult to order your memories at present? What facts of your life can you easily recall?