:That sounds good, yes.:

"Lesser Restoration..." It's a three round casting time. "Lesser Restoration."

:Thank you.: Heartfelt, but without screaming with his face about it too much. Randi is maybe not going to try getting up just yet, in case he’s still not strong enough and falls on his face, but he thinks he probably could. 

Shavri squeezes Randi’s hand. :Thank you.:

He’ll push himself into a more upright sitting position. :…I don’t know if you have any questions for me specifically, but - happy to answer them now, if you do.:

Oh no now it's marked if he doesn't have any questions for the king but he didn't know he was supposed to have questions for the king! Why couldn't he have been asleep again! Seldan does he have any questions for the king he's forgetting?!

Seldan thinks it's fine if he doesn't have any questions for the King! He's pretty sure Randi is just, you know, trying to be polite and welcoming to the man from another world who's done multiple heroic acts to prevent his kingdom from ending up at war and who he literally hadn't even greeted properly until now. 

If Blai still feels like it would be unbearably awkward to just say "no, the other Heralds have been very obliging and I have a Companion who can answer questions now" or something, he can come up with - hmm - they had been wondering how up to speed Randi is on things but that's a little awkward to ask him to his face and Seldan would be inclined to run it via his Companion... He's not in fact sure what Randi is planning in terms of diplomacy with Iftel, whether Valdemar might send someone there or what, but Randi may himself not have decided... 

:Thank you, your majesty, but the Heralds have been very obliging and my Companion can answer questions as they come up.: Thank you Seldan you are very good Seldan.

One of many reasons why Companions are convenient! Seldan is glad to be appreciated for it! 

Randi hates when people call him that Blai is from another world and has no possible way of knowing that and is just trying to be respectful, and on this element in particular Randi is used to showing no sign that it bothers him, it's not like it doesn't come up constantly. He smiles and does not look discomfited. :I'm glad.: 

Is that a dismissal. Is Blai allowed to bow his way out of the room now.

Shavri will politely walk him back out to his mage-guards and then shut the door and go back to Randi.

(Randi has work to do - a lot of work - but how about for five minutes the first thing he does with his new health is CUDDLE her.) 

They are not ambushed by any cupboard assassins on the way back out to Seldan. 

That's good. If they have downtime now he could read Seldan some more of the Acts?

Sure! Someone will let them know when it's a good time to talk to Karis, hopefully, but it seems pretty likely Dara got pulled away by some other urgent duty before arranging it and Seldan isn't inclined to push too hard on it unless they're still waiting in two candlemarks. He would like to hear more of the Acts! Also it's a bit early for lunch but there's food out already, if Blai wants to go hang out in the dining hall to read again; it has the virtue of being warm and not in anyone's way. 

Important virtues! And the alarmingness of being in buildings has begun to attenuate. Maybe they can get through Act Two before Karis wants him.

Maybe SOMEDAY Valdemar will get around to redesigning all its buildings to fit horses, but the dining hall actually looks like it hasn't been rebuilt properly since Seldan was human, soooooo he's not holding out hope for it being this year or anything. It should continue to get easier being separated by walls as the bond gets more established. 

He will convey Blai there and then park himself outside to listen! 

(A couple of Leareth's mages will park themselves inside unobtrusively to hover. The rest are arrayed nearby where they're both less in the way and can watch more of the surroundings, but keeping Seldan updated on their locations via Mindspeech in case there's a sudden emergency and he needs to know.) 

(They're very competent and it's reassuring! Seldan appreciates it.) 

Blai gets a light lunch and settles in to read.

Seldan will listen in attentively and mostly not ask too many questions; he can soak up a lot of context from Blai's thoughts. 

Rolan interrupts Seldan about forty-five minutes later to say that Karis is ready and interested in seeing Blai now, if it's convenient. 

Seldan will check with Blai if it's convenient. 

(He's pretty sure now is fine, he just has a lowkey desire to be slightly irritating to Rolan and is indulging it.) 

Now is fine, he pockets the book and busses the tray and goes out.

It's a longer ride this time; the place where Karis is staying is still within the inner city walls around the Palace area, but may have been selected to be maximally far from the Heralds' meeting wing. Leareth's mages who are accompanying them have apparently arranged to borrow horses, so it will go a bit faster, but the paths aren't entirely cleared of snow and it's slightly hard going for the horses. 

(Seldan stands ready to distract Blai with chess if this seems warranted, but he's also available to help think about what might be useful to say to Karis, since he's not sure if she's going to have specific questions or just...be really overwhelmed. It's a pretty overwhelming situation.)