:I am not sure: Leareth glances around, then sits down next to Vanyel.

“Vanyel, would it help if one of the others were here?”

:I think not right now:

Leareth is silent for a while, just sitting next to Vanyel.

:Can you maybe get Fazil: he sends finally. He could really use some advice on what to even say, here, and he’s guessing wildly but Fazil seems like he might be helpful for that. 

Sure she can do that.

He comes in a couple of minutes later. Channels energy, just in case it might help. 

"What happened?"

“I am not sure - he woke up and tried to jump out the window - she stopped him and woke me, and now...” Vague gesture in Vanyel’s direction.

"Did Yfandes -"

:I cannot tell just by looking at him:

“Vanyel,” he says, as gently as he can. “Was there - any change with Yfandes?”

Eventually he shakes his head.

"Can we pick you up and get you back in bed?"

“....I guess. If you want.”

Then he will scoop Vanyel up and try to put him back in bed. 

Vanyel doesn’t resist. Once in bed, he curls up tightly against the headboard, arms wrapped around his knees.

Leareth watches him worriedly for a bit.

“Vanyel, do you want...a hug?” That seems like the sort of thing that sometimes helps when people are very upset.

Vanyel lifts his head, surprise in his eyes. After a long hesitation, he nods.

Hug.

(Leareth isn’t sure he’s very good at hugs but it doesn’t seem that complicated.)

Vanyel doesn’t move for a moment, then relaxes a little, leans against Leareth’s shoulder, and dissolved into tears.

Gods. Now what. 

:Fazil, what should I...do...:

 I think that was the right thing to do? He probably has, uh, abandonment issues, right, because Yfandes left, so we should be sure not to look like we'll leave? But I mostly heal stab wounds and my world doesn't even have magical soul bonds...honestly if it weren't for Yfandes I would say if he wants to work from Nirvana for now let him but apparently she'd die too?

:I think she would die too, yes. I am not sure he would even go to your afterlife setup if he - decided to kill himself now. And if he did I am not actually sure it would even fix the soulbond problem, since Yfandes would not be there:

He keeps hugging Vanyel, who’s sort of shivering. Maybe he’s cold. Leareth doesn’t have a lot of range to move while hugging him, but can use magic to grab a blanket and sort of drape it over both of them. 

Well, we certainly aren't letting your afterlife setup have him, it's run by a bunch of incompetents. 

"Do you think you could eat something, Van? You missed dinner. That poor ring is going to be miscalibrated to Hell and back though it'll probably still help some once it kicks in."

Vanyel takes a while to even acknowledge the question, but with repeated prodding, can be coaxed to eat a little.

Hugs seem to be helping maybe? So Leareth stays where he is, even though this feels very odd.

Fazil does not seem to think it's odd. 

"Do you want us to try to catch you up on what's going on or should that wait."

With some food in him, and the drugs wearing off more, Vanyel is a bit more alert. He gives Fazil a perplexed look. “Does it matter? I’m not any use to you.”