All the fragmented pieces of Karyk's past were beginning to align as he relived forgotten memories.
He remembered being handed over to the Emperor of the Celestial Empire by the man who then vanished into the shadows, leaving forever.
Karyk had no idea where the man went, but he saw the man leaving a letter with the Emperor, instructing it to be given to Karyk upon his adulthood.
Though Karyk had yet to read the letter, he was certain it held his origins. He also had a feeling that somewhere in the future, that man went to the world of civilization and left that book in the library.
'But how did I read that world in the first place? Was that a coincidence?'
He didn't understand how he ended up in that world when he was at the death's door, especially since the thief had taken the pendant with him while leaving.