You doing okay?

Depends on what you mean. She's usually not awake this long, she's hungry and hasn't seen any squirrels yet, she's worried about Jake and her family, but she's not failing to hold together or expecting to have that problem.

I can ask Tyelcormo to shoot you a deer or something before he comes by.

She could eat a prekilled deer and it'd probably be a little tastier than whatever the Elves would be eating but 'recently dead or with its heart still beating' is really the optimal condition for an animal to be in if she's going to drink its blood and not just eat the meat.

I can ask him about a live deer.

Tyelcormo? It's rude but she thinks he'll get over it.

Yeah?

Need a favor. I'm in your debt etcetera etcetera but actually I'm expecting you'll take this one to your brother. I've been in Nan Elmoth for twenty years. I wasn't allowed to leave.

Oh, fuck.

Nah, let's just go burn the place to the ground and tell the King afterwards.

I'm married and have a son.

Well, he's going to be the only survivor.

I thought you'd say that. Can you come pick up me and the person who helped get me out, and then we'll talk about it?

Coming. But there's not much to talk about.

Can you also talk a live deer into coming along? My companion drinks blood.

And to Elspeth, okay, food and rescue on the way.

Thanks.

Yeah. He currently wants to murder every single person in the kingdom but if I can't talk him out of it I can at least get a message to the King.

If Elspeth weren't likely to fall asleep any moment it might be more relevant that her sword thinks she's stronger than an Elf and she could probably prevent somebody from wandering off to commit mass murder. Since she is convincing him is probably the way to go.

If you killed the prince Tyelcormo you'd also have to kill, like, everyone, they'll come avenge him. Or are you just planning to wrestle him? That might do it. I think I can be persuasive, anyway.

Elspeth was not planning to kill him. If she's planning to kill somebody her physical strength is pretty irrelevant.

Okay. Well I'll try talking to my cousin and if that fails I'll try to stall so you can wrestle him. 

Nod.

Lomion's sleeping. She slows down.

Elspeth matches her. Continues telepathying sword stuff with the sword.

He shows up with a live deer mostly because it's an interesting challenge. He does have Himlad mobilized to go wipe Eol's shithole forest off the map, and says so when he finds them.

Elspeth chomps the deer. It doesn't last long. She does not want the entire forest wiped off the map, that seems disproportionate. Aredhel's awful husband is already dead and Elspeth's willingness to help hinged on the expectation that the subsequent war would be clean.

"I promised. Look, just tell the King, he'll be delighted. Save your energy for the Enemy."