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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
hastyriser
There is dinner, and endless conversation about the Sun and recent events and all of Maitimo's brothers come in for hugs and variants on the same conversation.
Eventually he announces "I am an invalid and you are a terribly tiresome lot. Let me sleep, leave the notes, and tomorrow I shall try to have more energy -" and there is a round of hugs and kisses goodnight.
lurkingkobold
She's been sitting quietly in the corner, and stays when they go. She doesn't say anything at first, just watches him quietly.
lurkingkobold
She sighs. I still don't like being lied to.
Just because I don't have it in me to help you kill yourself doesn't mean I need you to pretend you're not going to.
lurkingkobold
Mmhmm. Her ears twitch back.
She goes. She changes her necklace to monitor his room rather than her cave. She brings her bed to the new room, tucking it into a corner where the Eldar-style bed hides it from the door, and burrows in.
She doesn't sleep.
lurkingkobold
She waits an hour, concludes that she's not going to get any sleep this way, and teleports back to the Ñolofinwëan camp.
lurkingkobold
She makes her way quietly to where they're camped out, and after a bit of searching finds a free spot to bed down for the night and lets the sound of their breathing lull her off to sleep as well.
lurkingkobold
She doesn't sleep through that, but does conclude that it isn't actually time for her to get up yet and go back to sleep for another couple hours before getting up and going about her day.
She checks in with Findekáno while she eats. Good morning.
