He knows what the rumors are. They say he is antisocial, rude, arrogant, snobby, weird (shy, naïve, stupid, speechless with gratitude). He knows the people that spread them don't know him and won't even try to (and the ones who will only do so because they are "the good guys"). Knowing doesn't help. You can't logic away emotion. Praying doesn't fix things (not for the thief king and not for his host). Crying and begging don't bring back the lost (dead, destroyed, stolen, will I even see you when I die or is your very soul gone?) and dreaming only makes the real world seem cold and bright like day on the Antarctic.
He's tried everything to get him back
He's bled
He's cried
He's bargained and promised
Begged and pleaded
He's raged
He's tried the darkest spells and the lightest ones
He's hurt more than even the worst person should ever have to
And
h.e.i.s.s.o.t.i.r.e.d.
What did you think would happen great pharaoh? Do not deny your fault in this. You are not a god. You are not omnipotent. You are not infallible and You. Are. Not. in the right.
Two are dead now.
You are a murderer.