The Ottery St. Catchpole cemetery was the only familiar thing left of the village now, to Al. The village was rebuilt differently from what he remembered it to be. The world changed again.
He felt old, older than the dirt he stood on and for a brief moment treasured the names and the dates and the stones surrounding them. So much family and friends buried here... The only familiar thing left.
And then Severus's nudge broke Al out of his thoughts and back to the living. Lorcan stood there.
"Yes," Al answered. "I need to thank him."
Al didn't remember a thing, of course, but upon hearing that Lori was the healer who treated him in battle, Al felt reassured. Lori, of all people, would have understood the significance of human minds.
He was good at what he did. Al was alive today because of him.