Well, he did arrive badly injured. Being on guard would be understandable.
[But what Yzak says next gives Sabriel pause. If his friend is missing memories, there are two possibilities.]
So either he's lost his memory, or this place is detached from time and he's actually from several months ago.
I'd say the former is more plausible- while none of the spells I know could erase months of memories, making people forget is something Charter magic can do, and we're dealing with powers beyond what I'm familiar with.
If he's from the past... There's no magic I know that can reverse time, although there are some phenomena that make its flow irregular.
[Death and time sleep side by side, her father had told her once, and Sabriel knew that time varied oddly between Life and Death, and between the Old Kingdom and Ancelstierre. But what Yzak was describing went far beyond that.]
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[But what Yzak says next gives Sabriel pause. If his friend is missing memories, there are two possibilities.]
So either he's lost his memory, or this place is detached from time and he's actually from several months ago.
I'd say the former is more plausible- while none of the spells I know could erase months of memories, making people forget is something Charter magic can do, and we're dealing with powers beyond what I'm familiar with.
If he's from the past... There's no magic I know that can reverse time, although there are some phenomena that make its flow irregular.
[Death and time sleep side by side, her father had told her once, and Sabriel knew that time varied oddly between Life and Death, and between the Old Kingdom and Ancelstierre. But what Yzak was describing went far beyond that.]