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.
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.
...might not be literally impossible, but I'd be risking peoples' lives to try it. And I am okay here.
She snuggles up against him. That's what exiled means, for kobolds, is that I can't have that back. The other Speakers will be taking a real risk just coming to see me - I'm sure not all of them even will, it wouldn't surprise me if it's just one or two. I know all that. It's okay.
I mean - I'm okay? I wasn't expecting to ever be okay again; I'm not going to complain that it's not perfect. And even if I could go back, that wouldn't be perfect either, I'd miss you guys.
...they'd agree and I'd back them on it if you wanted it vouched for, I think.
To let them make that decision, yeah. They aren't looking after themselves the way I want them to, but they are looking after themselves the way they want to, it's a choice they've made.
Yup. It won't take her too long to get all the most urgent stuff done, but for now, she works steadily, finds a couple friends to hang out with for dinner, works some more, and then heads to bed.
After breakfast, she looks for Maitimo.
Good morning, she settles in a chair. I thought you'd want to know that the Ñolofinwëans are planning to send some people to my world, to get more spell forms from the city-building species there. They're working on learning the languages, right now, I'm not sure when they'll be ready to send anyone.
They might be able to get some that way, but I'm not sure they'll be able to hang around that close for that long without running into trouble. And they won't be able to get all of them in cities, and talking to people in cities is the best way I know of to find out where the others are.
That makes sense. Oh, well, the languages should only take a month or so to pick up. And things are going well with this world's humans.