"Everything's changed," he says softly to Val, still in Costran, holding his hands palms to the ceiling, oblivious to the blood dripping to the floor. "Have you been through the Sea, as I have, and transmuted through her Gold?" And to Zel, without taking his eyes off Val but in more modern language, and not in as sharp a tone as he'd have used if he were less mindful against spooking the dragon further, "So far from being the person you were expecting, I'm not even the person you see."