"Probably not the same, no. Though I expect the Arcana dumped me here because they do not want to deal with me for a while." Malik agreed, even as his face twists in to an apologetic sort of half grin.

Three years, twenty realities and fifteen different people's lives within those realities. It was more than he was willing to deal with untangling at the moment, even as his expression softens with understanding.

"Dying is rarely pleasant, and...I do not blame you for being alright with being here instead of facing resurrection back home. If you are anything like Altair, you will likely be remembered fondly though, for whatever that is worth."