The kobold heaves a pained sigh. "Thisss isss… ssstrange. I remember, and I don't remember... My head is a hal

The kobold heaves a pained sigh. "Thisss isss… ssstrange. I remember, and I don't remember... My head is a hall of doorsss, and almossst all are closssed. Sssometimes I remember sssomething, but then — emptinesss." Tartuk-Tartuccio's speech changes, as if two creatures are speaking at once. "Listen. I know who I was and how I died. Then something happened. Power! A great power. It brought me back to life. But not the way I was before."