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They've left him alone in his cell.
He can't really be said to be lucid but he has very acute instincts for when there's someone and when he's alone - it's the last of his senses to depart him - and he's alone.
And then suddenly he isn't.
kobold and post-Angband Maedhros
neither-power-nor-glory
And eventually: he's just saying all the awful things he experiences so he can get peoples' reactions and figure out which of those things it's most important to hide. He needs an outlet to do that but I don't think it has to be you.
And if it helps any he doesn't think that he ought to die if he's useless or anything, he certainly wouldn't want useless people to die and his host doesn't - usually - act like they think that, they're certainly good to their own regardless of their condition. He just wants to die in case the god of the dead can help make him better.
neither-power-nor-glory
I'm really glad he can still be happy about things, even if they're not the things I might like him to be happy about.
lurkingkobold
Yeah, those.
She finishes her dinner and seems somewhat at a loss for what to do next.
neither-power-nor-glory
No problem. And he directs more logistics remotely and leans against the wall and is not miserable because that's not useful to Maitimo.
lurkingkobold
She sleeps, after a bit - somewhat restlessly, but she calms right down when he pets her, at least for a while.
She wakes before dawn and looks around, confused.
neither-power-nor-glory
Hugs. Do you want to just move in here? We can send some people to stay with him - or his brothers could -
lurkingkobold
She thinks about it.
I think it'd do me a lot of good to spend more time here - spend the night as a regular thing, maybe do my cooking here or just bring everything from my pantry and let your cooks handle it for me, that kind of thing. Having other people there... might work? I'd want to talk to them about it first, I know they have some problems interacting with other Eldar that they don't have with me but I'm not sure how serious that is, among other things.
neither-power-nor-glory
Might be outweighed by the advantages of knowing what'll upset us better than he knows it for you.
lurkingkobold
Might, yeah. I dunno.
One of us would need to make sure to talk to them regularly, I think. They need to have someone around that they don't feel like they have to lie to about everything.