In that case I will do it. 

And he leans back against the wall and remembers, as much as he can of Maitimo and of Maitimo's life, in all the detail he can manage -

(The kobold finds herself a chair between the two, makes herself a portal, and begins enspelling the lamps waiting for her on the other side of it.)

And after a while - anything else?

Yeah, there are - things I should say - I don't -

I'm so sorry -

Yeah.

I don't know how to make it better.

Yeah.

If there is anything at all I can do to apologize -

You could say 'you were right, Findekáno, you're always right, I should listen to you'.

I'm serious.

Me too. What kind of apology would I want? You're already doing the right thing, as best you can.

I can't tell if you - forgave or moved on -

I am never ever going to move on.

Oh. Okay then. You can tell the kobold to go -

Not interested right now. Once the war's done.

We have forever, I don't want to make things harder forever by rushing them now.

I let the Enemy -

The only thing I care about is whether you're okay.

I'm not going to be okay, I need to find a way to go forward anyway.

Sure. But I can decide how much of an instrument of that I'm comfortable being, and the answer is 'once the war's over'.

Okay.

And he leans back and sings until it's time to go.

Kobold's not going to interrupt them until lunchtime, when she asks Maitimo: I need to go eat, should I bring them with me? They probably have things to do too.

Yes.