Well obviously that was a fabrication. As you can see I'm quite alive and kicking. I have been for the past eighteen years and it, apparently, will not change anytime soon.
[Looks away and continues walking. Realizes that Cornelia doesn't realize what he's done. It's starting to occur to them that out of all of the anomalies that could have happened...it's entirely possible, since he IS supposed to be already deceased, that Cornelia could be from a different time period but only because of her lack of knowledge.] I know.
[Will just continue some of the fabrication then there's no need to let on how much he knows. He's already slipped up once.] Nunnally did not recover her ability to walk or her sight, we survived the war and we were both able to attend a normal school and function as civilians without worrying about anyone knowing our heritage. Euphie came to us at Ashford shortly before her death, actually, it made Nunnally very happy. News of her death was most disheartening to us. I do not think we will ever be able to forgive her murderer. [Or that he'll be able to forgive himself entirely either.]