:No, it is - more complicated than that. Anyway, that is related to why I am concerned about problems with the Heralds: He takes a deep breath. :For various reasons I had planned on invading Valdemar with an army. Herald Vanyel - you might know of him at this point? - received a Foresight dream warning of this. I also had the dream. Then it turned out we were both in the same dream and could talk to each other. I am not sure how many Heralds other than him would know my name, but - probably some: 

:I guess... if you took over other countries... it's not that weird that you might want to take over Valdemar? Ack.:

(Distress about all of his patients dying in a war! Vague feeling that this is silly because it is not like people matter less if he has not personally understood their brains.)

:...I am sorry. I know you did not ask to be lifebonded to someone with plans to invade your kingdom. It is very rude of the gods to do that to you, really. I can add it to my very long list of grievances with Them: 

:Maybe I'm supposed to try to convince you to not invade?: He sounds very dubious of this. :--Wait, what happens when I die?:

:I am not sure! It would probably be very bad for me!: Sigh. :My - method of immortality - does not actually involve my current body living forever; I can and do die but I come back again. Possibly a broken lifebond would not last through that transition. I am not keen to test it though: 

:Possibly you should figure out how to make me immortal.:

:Would you like to be immortal? I think it is obviously good but - I am aware some people would not want it, even though I find it very baffling: 

:Obviously? Obviously I want to be immortal.:

:Good! I will have to find a way of doing that, it is very important: Leareth yawns. His head is starting to ache more fiercely again. :...I am sorry, I think I need to rest, may I explain the rest later...: 

:Yes.:

Levris is growing somewhat more confident that his forehead kisses are welcome.

They are! Sleepily, almost without noticing he's doing it, Leareth reaches for Levris' hand as well. 

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Levris' happiness makes Leareth smile a little, and then he dozes off. 

A Healer comes in a few minutes later for shift change. :–oh, sorry. Um, how much of today has he been asleep, actually?: 

:Most of it. Why?:

:It's a little worrying? He slept right through the night - and he wasn't awake any of yesterday, really - it's normal to sleep somewhat more with a head injury but not all day. Did it seem like he overexerted himself at some point?: 

:Um, yes, rather. He lit the curtains on fire yesterday and there was... some trouble with business.:

:Well, he's got to rest or he'll keep setting himself back. Please don't let him exert himself - that includes reading or writing, maybe avoid conversations with him that are too intellectual. He needs to rest his brain, not just his body: 

:All right, I will.:

:I'll come back later when he's awake. We'll need to wake him at some point if he doesn't on his own, he hasn't eaten supper: 

When it is time for supper, Levris wakes him and then says in his Healer-voice: "No explaining things until your head's better. The healer says you have to rest your brain or you will keep setting yourself back and not get better."

The worst part is that he's right. Leareth grumbles, but sits up and eats.

"Are you allowed to talk to me?" he says finally. "I am bored." 

"Yes, but not about intellectual things. I think traditionally when you have a lifebond you spend a lot of time discussing how pretty and good the other one is."

Leareth chuckles. "I feel that would get repetitive, no?" He's feeling an oddly strong desire to lean on Lev's shoulder, or just be touching him more in general, this is obviously lifebond-related but it seems fine and not like it would otherwise be a bad idea or anything, so he reaches out. 

Levris puts his head on Leareth's shoulder. He isn't doing any undignified squealing with his mouth but some of it probably comes across the lifebond anyway.

Also probably coming across the lifebond: previously Levris had dissociated away his sexual attraction to Leareth because it was inconvenient and perhaps unwanted, and now it is very very obvious.