Don't recall exact details because I lent my ARC to a friend lol—like so many people here. You are referring to when Sorweel and Oinaral are talking about knowing for sure if Oirunas is still alive, right? He says something like, "He still lives because only The Mountain could ever knock him from his feet." I don't think they say anything about Ciogli being alive still or in Ishterebinth.