"He was going to kill Arthur if I didn't agree to go with him. I- I made him promise to spare his life and let him go and I let go of Arthur." He swallows and when Arthur moves away, he looks bereft for a moment before he steadies himself. There's something shaded to his eyes now.
"I lost in my fight against him. And he threw me back into the Dark World, a place outside of time and space where all that is dead and gone collects. A world made of death that feeds on suffering and rewards the cruel."
He closes his eyes.
"I-" and he almost turns to Arthur before he shakes his head. Breathes out. "I had to do terrible things to return. Terrible things dictated by... him. The one who appeared just before you ... came here." And there is so much hate packed into the name. "Kayne."
Re: what lies beneath
"I lost in my fight against him. And he threw me back into the Dark World, a place outside of time and space where all that is dead and gone collects. A world made of death that feeds on suffering and rewards the cruel."
He closes his eyes.
"I-" and he almost turns to Arthur before he shakes his head. Breathes out. "I had to do terrible things to return. Terrible things dictated by... him. The one who appeared just before you ... came here." And there is so much hate packed into the name. "Kayne."