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.
I'm barely going to be there long enough for anyone to notice me, even out in the open; I should be fine. Unless even that might cause problems? I can wait or something if there's reason to think that'd help.
I don't think that's really a risk, here; I got back fine last time. But I can wait until you're well enough to move around, I'll just have to be careful not to forget your world's signature... The idea here is that I'll go, get the signature, and cast a spell on myself to bring me back there whenever I want to go; then even if I forget the signature I can use the spell to go back and get it again.
She looks around briefly, trances to get the spot's location, and then teleports right back. All told, she's gone maybe five or six seconds.
She grins. She's not sure she should believe that, but it's tempting, and she's a pretty good actress regardless. Thanks. It wasn't dangerous anyway; deserted, as far as I could tell.
All right. No rush, I'm not sure how I'm going to find them if you've told me all you're willing to, it'll probably take a while.
She nods and thinks.
This is definitely not the best idea, but... the Enemy can only do hallucinations to people in Angband, right? Or something like that, not just to whoever they want to? I could make a portal, show them that you're free. I'll still have to get close enough to talk to them in the first place, though. And maybe learn enough of your language first, do they all have the telepathy?
Depends on exactly how they'd do it, but, yeah, not unlikely if I tried to play along. How do you think they'd react if I just teleported away and tried again, if I warned them I was going to do that?
I can probably stop them from killing me if I'm careful about it, but that still ends up with us not able to talk to them, probably. And if there's something I could do to show them I'm friendly you shouldn't tell me.
Nod.
Maybe if I make the portal somewhere outside where they are and stay with it and wait for them to find me... it might be tricky to do that in a way that doesn't look like a trap and doesn't leave me waiting forever, but it might not be, I'd have to know more about the area.
...I wouldn't expect them to be able to see it in the middle of a lake, not usefully. Plus I need something stable to cast the spell on, I can't do them in midair. I can open a portal from here to there, but that still has the problem of getting them to come close enough to hear you.