"I'm not sure how to - condense all of this into advice for her, beyond just explaining it to her. And I guess Glint, who might be better at - bridging that gap."

"'Your girlfriend is going to take you dying personally, whether or not you come back afterwards. Try not to.'?"

"Yeah. It'd be a lot easier if Hisame had a functioning betrayal sense..."

"Yes. But I'm not sure we can install one."

"Might be a thing for - therapy with Glint, or something."

"Perhaps. I wasn't sure if suggesting that would be in good taste."

"Oh, no, I already told her she needs therapy. She finds the idea of being insane funny."

Eliana sighs and rubs her forehead.

She laughs. "Are you really surprised after Glint?"

"I shouldn't be, and yet."

"It's about - insanity's defined by society. People who - argue with the main narrative are insane. So it's a compliment, really."

"Ah, of course."

"And I might feel this more strongly because of my society's whole structure, but - sometimes you can only be free if you're a bit insane. That's... Probably why Glint ended up worshipping the Mad God, really. They can bind your body, but preventing people from being insane is - hard."

"I prefer mental integrity, on the whole. Being able to trust my thoughts."

"I think as long as we're not having delusions we're - alright, with the occasional mental quirk, and mental integrity's pretty easy to compromise for other ends."

"If that's a tradeoff you're comfortable with."

"Probably going to vary between us, but I think it is."

"Fair enough. I think we've made some progress today."

"Yeah. I'm - more concerned, but I think the actual situation's trending well."

"Perhaps no one will die when we fight the world-eating dragon."

"One can only hope. And if we actually have a month it might be worth trying to find more of us - or at least helping Glint with her diplomacy."

"It's a pity we can't target people across worlds yet, despite our somewhat astounding luck thus far."

"Or targeting situations. One problem with trying to find more of us is the risk of finding more drama..."

"We don't want another Acererak, for certain."

She nods. "And it's probably best to have one big drama at a time."