[ He goes very still. There is a moment in which his hand hangs over the sugar bowl, frozen in a beat of hesitation.

He smooths back out, exhales a breath that is nearly a chuckle, but there's no real warmth in it. ]

We have many stories of a witch. She is a recurring figure throughout the lore of Remnant, a common villain.

[ There's a tight slant to his mouth, now, something faraway to his eyes. ]

It would take a long conversation indeed to share her whole tale. Perhaps I can give you simply a chapter from what we think to be her story.