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.
Nod. It seems unlikely to come up for me, anyway. But it probably changes how we think about time, thirty years is almost my entire life so far.
Yeah, that'd definitely change things. D'you think they're going to have trouble with the idea that I'm so temporary?
Blink. Are you expecting them not to believe me because they'll be suspicious of me, or for some other reason?
Nod. Okay.
Assume for the moment I'm not; if they decide I am and want me to let them bring you there, what do you want me to do?
Nod. All right. Hopefully it won't come to that; I expect it'll hurt them very badly if it does.
All right. I mean, I know I'm not, that's the information I have to work from, I just don't want to find myself in the middle of a situation like that and not knowing what I should do. If I was I don't think your answer to that question would matter.
Shrug. I suppose.
I'm kind of thinking that there's not much point to talking about whether I am or not - I'm not going to try to convince you, that'd obviously be pointless at best.
Mostly just that there doesn't seem to be a good way to respond to it. It's not an unreasonable thing for you to worry about.
All right.
If they do decide I'm safe, does that change anything I'd need to know about?
Yeah, I caught that. We should probably spend some time coming up with a plan between now and then. Anything else?
...maybe. Depends on the situation. If it's genuinely needed, though, no. Also, humanely.
I don't have a problem with them doing that - assuming it turns out to be safe but it sounds like they'd check - but I probably shouldn't personally help beyond casting the spells.