The Hero looked a little shocked when the princess began her questioning of, well everything she could probably ask before she fainted. He smiled rubbing his head gently, deciding to answer a few of the questions, she was the future ruler of the land after all. "No, I never thought I was different from anyone else... Though I am pretty good swordsman, some say the best in castle town." He blushed a little, he never really liked the stories always made him out to be some huge strong man who drank and ate like a king in town then defeated armies and saved women from dragons in his spare time. He wasn't any of that, he was just a young boy with a passion for adventure, granted the pay was pretty good and he he could eat more than most people his size, he always choked that up to training and normally living off scrap on the road.

"Yes... I didn't know I was the hero until know... I mean I don't really look the guy in old murals do I? First off I'm not now I am?" He chuckled at that smiling a little. "It felt right when I held the sword... Like something that was missing just clicked into place, like part of soul came back to me and became whole." He shifted on his seat. "Yes I feel much stronger know my mind it... It feels as if it's coming up with hundred of ways to defeat anything in my way, as if every past heroes idea's and tactics are in my head." Finally he got walking to stand by the princess as Ashi spoke. "Yes I can tell your story's later, I was a mercenary... So I've got plenty to tell." He smiled at her, tempted to pat her head like a older brother would.

He turned to Ashi as he caught the sage's words then realized something, Ashi was bound to the blade. She was that piece of his soul he must have felt reconnect or perhaps simply they were destined for one another to be partners in combat and such. He found himself understand how she felt, a final cycle an end to her being alone trapped in the blade. Partnering with heroes and yet always feeling alone as their fleeting live ended or she was returned her. She was the true victim of the cycle he realized, if he succeeded she would be free.