[The instinct is to fill in the gaps, all of them, and never mind that Kija is still not quite sure where, for the Princess, that gap would begin. A long time ago, he thinks, and longer still now... The impracticality of it is a good enough reason not to. She does not have all day. Focus, he reminds himself, on the question.]
There is no new danger here, Princess. I merely returned home for a time.
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There is no new danger here, Princess. I merely returned home for a time.