"Yes, you were better at noticing that than other people."

"I was only able to roll back the most recent update to the veil, for some reason a lot of people have been invested in strengthening it over the centuries."

"I imagine the Magyar would have preferred me not able to see through it as much as I did."

"I'm pretty sure they thought you were a mage."

"Anyway, welcome back to being alive, I can take you to your own world if you'd rather - I have to live there to refill the magic but you don't."

"I may need more information... I assume Lianelle had you bring back Katia before me, where did she end up deciding on?"

"Who's Katia?"

"What?"

"Your wife, Katia of Quiteria."

"What."

"So, uh, maybe I should've pushed harder on 'do you want your memories back'. You had a wife? That long ago?"

"I don't think that was even an option?"

"It really wasn't! But you were set on it regardless. We had to talk you out of kidnapping a priest to do the ceremony."

May is snuggled right up to Lianelle about the backlash but was, fortunately, not expecting to be able to immediately excuse themselves from Resurrected Lucian to have sex, and accordingly is not disappointed by how much she can't do that with her maybe married amnesiac champion. "I don't really know things about religion but I don't think there would be any level on which that would be better than not doing it. Lianelle, I think you should probably have your memories back. And possibly your wife. You will not need to kidnap a priest about it in modern day Canada."

"If you say so."

Huh.

"What are you two to each other, exactly?"

"I'd use the word 'partner' but that probably means different things to me than to you. It's a standard configuration for espers because our power use has side effects that get 'guided' away with contact with a compatible person. Lianelle's not technically an esper but she counts as compatible anyway."

"And that means you get to decide she gets her memories back?"

"No, having the magical thingy from your universe means I can do that, I'm not going to do it if she doesn't... want them... but if I'd forgotten about having a wife I'd certainly want to recall!"

"Hm." That doesn't really address why Lianelle was acting so weirdly deferential towards May about it.

"She's my summoner."

"I don't know what that means."

"I was brought to Earth to serve as her champion in the tournament because I'd make a good champion for her, and that doesn't stop just because the tournament ended?"

"And champions have to listen to their summoners or something?"