[Um, another 15 seconds? If that's okay?]

[Yeah, I can wait fifteen seconds. I'll be at the tent.]

[Are there any words or something you're supposed to say over a grave nowadays?]

[....'may they rest in peace'?]

Lianelle can do that in addition to the prayer she learned for this back when she was alive.

When she returns her face is still wet with tears.

Hug.

Fuck that feels good.

Not in the same way for Lianelle but it's still really really nice.

"I hate killing people."

"It sucks. I'm glad you didn't go hug her."

"I don't know if it would have made a difference though."

"I guess it would've gone down similarly, probably."

"And at least the champion would have gotten a hug before it got sent back to the spirit plane."

"No way to know if it wanted one, since it was pretending to be a different person with a different backstory!"

"I - yeah that makes sense I guess. I'm pretty sure it was pretending to be its summoner, at least in appearance."

"Yeah, that was the guess I landed on too. Probably taking dictation from her."

"Yeah." Hug.

"I realize you are probably not accustomed to the mood whiplash like I am but can I take your shirt off."

"Oh, uh, sure."

Shirt off. Snuggles.

After enough minutes Lianelle, still clearly sad, will offer to have sex if Mabel wants.

"If you aren't actually in the mood this'll still zero me out, it'll just take longer. ...also it would probably work for me to lick the tears off your face even though that would be a weird thing to do."

"I'm sad but I still have sex when I'm sad sometimes it's just a different sort of experience. But you can also lick my tears if you'd prefer."

"I don't know how to turn 'a different sort of experience' into information about whether you're actually in the mood." Lick.

"It's a sort of experience I value having? It feels weird to say I like it but I do prefer to have it - there's something very. Something. About it."

"...that would probably be enough information if I knew you better but I don't."

"I'm sorry I'm not very good with words - read my mind about it?"