Recall my story to you about the First, how I had bound myself to a tower to live longer than the average mortal. I believe I did not impart to you the detail that I made great efforts to return back to our source star, my soul intact, so that it could merge with that of my younger self as a means to allow myself to become mortal again.

[ That's... the very gist of it, but he thinks Blade can piece all of the things G'raha has told him together to create a cohesive story there. ]

My necklace now... 'tis not unlike that selfsame tower. I am bound to it, and as such, will live for as long as this necklace persists.

[ There's a distance in his tone as he speaks of it, like he's trying to remove himself from the reality of the situation, at least for time being. ]

'Twas the condition for returning.