"It's a rare person that gets the gift and stays around for very long after of their own volition." That girl with the firey hair hadn't been unique in that respect. She saw her end coming and embraced it with a kind of desperation that took him a very long time to understand.

But then, so had Zoso, and both her comprehended a great deal better after Zelena had hold of the dagger.

Seers don't live long. Neither do Dark Ones after they've been captured apparently. If their keepers do not put them down to assume the mantle and power themselves, then -- well. There certainly is that desire to find someone who will.

Gold shakes his head, affords himself another sip of tea. "So I suppose it is safe to say it is a burden among mine as well, the ones that have it."