Kerr grabbed his saber hilt from his waist and ignited it with a deadly snap-hiss, ready to defend himself if he had to. It appeared that the boy himself was one of the tomb's booby traps, and Kerr had stumbled right into him. Stupid. His sentimentality had blinded him.
Still, it was impossible to look at the boy and not see his lost Nari. Instead of immediately entering the mindset for a fight, he couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?"
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