Emet-Selch winces at that reaction, so exact to what he would remember his old friend would say and do. And what's more; to hear Hythlodaeus speak those words with a voice he's almost all but forgotten as thousands upon thousands of years marched onward is heartrending.

"As convincing as you may seem, it is nigh impossible for you - the real you - to be here." A spell so powerful is unthinkable when even he could only create a shade. He looks off, "Thousands of lifetimes have passed since the day you left for the sake of our star. You can not be of this world, as much as I wish it differently."