I was the marvel of my land.

Wise men journeyed far to see me and to hear.
But no man knew the words I spoke.

In the many years since I have forgotten much, but now, in Cho-Sen, the words come back like long-lost friends." An impression I certainly made.

The Emperor swallowed and his lips twitched ere he asked: "How explain you this ?" "I am an accident," I answered, following the wayward lead my wit had opened.

"The gods of birth were careless, and I was mislaid in a far land and nursed by an alien people.