This empty-headed man was a King by accident, having been born to that high station.

Within minutes, Yagharek and Isaac and Derkhan and Lemuel were the only organic lifeforms left in the hollow, apart from the ghastly half-living empty-headed man.

"An empty-headed man, or one who always doubts and argues, would be useless," he replied sharply.

"And haven't I been mocked and despised and sneered at every day of my life here by your supercilious, superior, empty-headed men?"