The silence that followed was absolute. Sun Wukong stared at Arthur with an expression caught between shock and something approaching fear.
"How?" Sun Wukong finally managed to ask. His voice was rough. "How do you know these things? No one should know. Not unless..."
He trailed off. His eyes widened further as understanding dawned.
"Unless I'm also not what I appear to be," Arthur finished quietly.
The implication hung between them. Heavy. Significant. World-changing.
Sun Wukong's mind worked frantically. If Arthur knew about his past life with such detail and certainty, there was only one explanation.
Arthur himself must be a reincarnated existence. Someone who carried memories from a previous life. Someone who understood because he'd experienced the same awakening.
'I see...now I've confirmed it.' he thought.
"You're like me," Sun Wukong said. It wasn't a question. It was a statement of realization. "You're also..."
