"When I'm very sad I get someone to schedule all my meetings so they happen without my having put any effort in."

Tadesse blinks at him, feeling like this is kind of a non sequitur (it's not as though his own life has recently included much in the way of meetings.) 

"Are you...sad often?" he says, uncertainly. "What things do you get sad about?" 

(Leareth is vaguely relieved that Tadesse jumped in to ask; he's wondering if he has a completely biased and inaccurate few of how miserable Khemet is on a day-to-day basis, but wasn't sure how to ask without it seeming either rudely intrusive or like his past self wasn't bothering to pay attention.) 

"Missing out on fun things other people get to do, mostly. That wasn't really my point, I was more wondering if we should schedule these things for you rather than just advising you to do them."

"If you want, I guess." 

:I cannot tell if that is a yes?: Leareth says to Khemet. 

:I think yes, you should do it, and also he's tired of having to answer questions or think about things: Khemet is very concerned. This is a really bad day even comparing to people prone to this sort of thing and it should by all rights be an unusually good day.

:I will do that, then. ...You are worried. What about? I - was mostly relieved to see him obviously having emotions, even if 'crying' is a fairly unusual one for me: 

:He just seems very badly off!  And with this little energy it's hard to think how to fix it because he's going to be too tired to try most things!:

:I mean, I think if we had a sufficiently good argument for why something would help, he would marshal his resources to try it...but I suppose that might not work more than once...: Leareth is concerned as well, though he has a vaguer sense of how and why. :- Is it the kind of tired where rest helps, do you think it would help if we left him alone to sleep a lot for a couple of weeks -?:

:Apparently he sometimes recovers eventually? But I don't know that the sleep would be helping, rather than the time.:

:Hmm. Well, I think it is low cost to arrange for him to talk to Vanyel, and I believe Vanyel is himself perceptive enough to notice how much he is up for then: 

Leareth sighs. :Tour of Aktun - I am guessing no?: He's vaguely disappointed. He had been looking forward to it. 

:I don't think so, not right now.:

:Maybe another time:  “Tadesse, do you want to go back after this?”

Shrug. “If you want to.”

He is very concerning! Khemet doesn't really want Leareth to leave just yet, but he half-suspects Tadesse is slightly jealous of all his alts who have friends and lovers and lives, and it's probably not healthy to make him feel more that way.

Leareth also doesn’t want to leave just yet! He feels like he’s barely gotten to see Khemet. 

:He might not need me there all of tonight: he suggests. :I could drop him off with his family and come back for a while, maybe:

:You could do that.:

Leareth waits for Tadesse to finish his drink, and then takes him back to the Gate-threshold he used before, and drops him off back in his bedroom at the palace.

:Carissa?:

:Mmmmm?:

:Brought Tadesse back. I am going to spend a little while longer catching up with Khemet, and getting his advice. He is also very concerned. We think Tadesse is extremely burned out and needs to - feel less responsible for all the problems in the world for a while. Also he spoke to Aroden and was quite upset and overwhelmed afterward. Probably someone should keep an eye on him:

:I can do that.:

:Thank you. I will be back in an hour or two: Leareth feels a bit like he’s neglecting Carissa, she’s quite likely jealous, but he does get to spend a lot more time with her in general than with Khemet.

He slips back across his Gate and takes it down, and then heads back over to join Khemet. And hug him again.

:It is disconcerting, to see a you who is that lost and - uninterested in doing things.:

:I know. I found it quite upsetting: Snuggle.