Passed on? Surely you have agents in Sumeru who could say otherwise. Anyhow, I simply find rumours circulating from nation to nation a nuisance to what I deem a quiet life.
It's a mere observation. I simply hadn't heard any news of you out of Sumeru, which was odd given your usual standing. So, I assumed you had passed on.
Perhaps it could be written into a tragedy. Does your roommate write? He seems like the artistic type.