heliopausa

Interesting! I tend to go with Cor and Corin being born about a year after the end of the Winter, and the reason people are so surprised to see him and Corin together is that for thirteen years, everyone KNEW he was dead. It can be hard to adjust one's thinking even in the face of inarguable physical evidence. But I really like the idea of a sort of taboo of silence around vanishments. It makes me wonder what could lead to that tradition -- does mentioning those who have disappeared sometimes summon them back... only they come back wrong?