"So," Vyan asked finally, glancing sideways at Adrian, "you believe me now?"
"Not entirely. I mean, you could just be faking the name. Maybe you read the novel and decided to play the part of Vyan for fun or for some weird, elaborate con, I don't know."
Vyan gave a humorless chuckle. "Because impersonating a fictional villain is the obvious choice for I don't know what."
Adrian smirked faintly. "What's strange, though… is how calm you are about all this. If you really are from that novel world, then why aren't you more surprised? It's like you already knew you were a fictional character here."
Vyan tilted his head, resting it against the seat. "Oh yeah. I did know."
That caught Adrian off guard. "You did?"
"Yes. Someone from your world transmigrated into ours," Vyan explained. "She told me all about the novel. About how I was the villain… about how I died."
"So your death event, is it impending or you dodged it?"
