"They love me. So they don't want me to - do something stupid and hurt myself and other people. And they don't - see why I'm making things complicated, I don't think, not really."

Nodnod.

Petpetpetpet. 

Happy sigh. That's very nice.

"Pendant still thinks we should pretend to be married when we get there."

"Well now maybe it won't be horrible."

"Yeah. That would have been something else, without knowing - "

"Figured I could handle whatever while we got out of here. And maybe I'd die heroically and you could go be Chelish and remember me fondly or something, except then you got cleric powers and screwed up that plan."

Hug. "Didn't like the part where you died."

"'s not very fun, dying."

"Yeah. I - guess someone could have raised you, after, and you're thinking you're going somewhere nice anyway, but - I guess I sort of forgot about all of that."

"Well. I don't think accepting the quest was such a bad idea. It sure does seem like this place needs some help."

"Yeah. I hate it here."

"We can fix them up and then go home, or maybe go home and get help and then fix them up, and I can tell Fazil that we have Shelyn's active encouragement to snuggle though I doubt he'll find this very convincing."

"Pff. Okay.

"I'm - glad I'm stuck here with you. As opposed to anyone else I could possibly have been stuck here with."

"I wish I was stuck here with my friends and you were safe. Except then I guess I wouldn't be snuggling you. So I have mixed feelings. I really really like snuggling you. But also, if I can't keep you safe from everything bad in the universe what am I even doing."

"The idea of you keeping me safe from everything bad in the universe does have its appeal."

He should not get into a conversation about the Osirian concept of marriage that'd turn into a conversation about why he won't marry her.

"Love you."

Snuggle. 

"Are you going to need to sleep at some point - "

"...probably."

"We are gonna be here a while. Although I'm not sure how possible it is to sleep in a carriage."

"I can sleep most anywhere, I just worry I'll - snore, or something - drool on you -"

"I don't think I'd mind very much. And - if you want I can stop touching you, I wouldn't do anything - "

"I don't want you to stop. - I guess if you had sex with me in my sleep I would be annoyed. Is that even possible? But I trust you - I really really trust you -"

Snuggle. "I wouldn't do that. I'd rather keep holding you, just, if you didn't want me to I wouldn't."

"I want you to keep holding me."