Possible. She sends a memory of looking out across a local lake at the trees on the other side.

Oh, yes, we do. 

He sends a memory back.

Wow, yeah. Good to know. I wonder how we compare for hearing, mine's good enough to navigate by if I need to. She sends a memory of doing so.

That seems closer to comparable; we have better range but it's a less dramatic difference. When the world was dark we were very reliant on hearing and on seeing heat.

Nod.

Okay, so making portals that let light and sound through both ways should work - heat too, for them to see, or would that look too much like a trap? Or too weird if I didn't, maybe, I can't see heat so I have no idea.

It's a kind of light. If you let all kinds of light through I'd expect it to work automatically, but I don't know much about your magic.

I haven't been paying very close attention to that part of it; I'll have a look next time I'm casting a portal.

Thank you.

No problem.

When do you think you'll be ready?

How bad do I look, will it scare them?

I don't know them well enough to know, but I wouldn't be surprised.

He can have a portal to look at himself through if he asks for one but she's not going to offer. Also on the list of things she's not going to bring up that she could do: cleaning the rest of the blood off, since that'd involve touching him.

I might try to eat more, look less emaciated, grow my hair back.

Nod. That'll help. Not enough, probably, but.

They know where I've been. But I don't want to scare them, either. 

Nod.

I'm trying to think if there's a way to get the rest of the blood off that's gentle enough and doesn't involve touching you. I don't think I can safely teleport it away.

I can wash myself once my hand's fixed, I think, if you have cloth and warm water.

No cloth, but I have a sponge. Warm water isn't a problem - I could, actually, keep the fire going like this all winter, with the new place to gather firewood in.

Then I'll be able to manage it. Thank you. Can you do a portal so I can see my face? That'd also tell us whether heat is visible through your portals automatically....

Yeah. Now?

If it's convenient.

She puts a portal on the skin she was using earlier and holds it up for him.

I should probably take a week to recover more, yes.

Nod.

Anything else I should know?

Hmm. I can't think of anything. They may believe or want to believe that I'm dead. 

Sigh. Okay, thanks for the warning. I'm not planning on talking to them about Angband at all unless they specifically ask me to; is there anything I should avoid telling them even if they do?