"Well... Good. Don't."

They arrive at the quarry office. Jojo knocks on the door.

Aribeth opens it after a few seconds.

"Jojo! And - your friends - and - the Sleeping Man?"

Goravial falls to one knee. "My lady. I have awoken to serve you in whatever capacity you may need."

Aribeth stares.

"Jojo?" she asks.

"He wants to help. I thought you would know better than I how you could use his abilities."

She considers. "Well, I - I won't deny that I could use some assistance. I thought he was waiting for his true love, though?"

"He decided he'd wasted enough time waiting, and it was time to try to seek her out properly."

She nods. "Well. Rise, angel, and we can discuss my plans for this plane."

He rises, and follows her inside.

"Deekin not know Jojo actually capable of lying to people," Deekin mutters when they're gone.

"I misled her constructively," Jojo says firmly.

"Yeah, that's like barely a lie, nicely done."

"Thank you!"

The portal back to the Realm of the Reaper isn't far away.

In that bleak place, it is not cold. It isn't warm, either. Such things cease to be relevant.

"Belmarniss," the Reaper says cordially. "You have returned."

"Yeah - oh boy, I'm not cold, goodbye temperatures -"

A smile enters the Reaper's voice. "I doubt you have come only for refuge from the elements."

"Admittedly no. We have some true names."

"I see. Command me, then, Sojourner."

The Reaper's voice is quiet, serious, and not without trepidation.

"Are you allowed to tell me what you want me to say or do I have to guess?"

"You could command me to do many things, and I do not know which might appeal to you, and there are more than a few I am not permitted to say. You could command me to return you to Toril, and I expect you will. You could command me to allow petitioners free travel through the planes, and I would have to comply until the gods noticed and destroyed me. You could command me to use my realm and my powers to rescue lost travelers. I do not know what you want, Belmarniss."

"I mean I basically don't go in for slavery which is why I was looking for suggestions."

"True freedom is yet forbidden to me. And I do not believe you are yet powerful enough to defy the greatest of the gods. So... until then, I would appreciate if you rescinded Mephistopheles' hold on my being, and then commanded me to return you and your companions to Toril, to bypass the restrictions intended to prevent this."

"Anything else while I'm at it? Should we play the spelling game about it?"

"No, though it was a pleasure the first time."

"Okay - do you happen to know precisely how I rescind Mephistopholes's hold on your being or should I just try stuff?"