In the morning he's back to being tense and serious. 

:Leareth Mindtouched me just now. The ship is back with Aroden, he is about to go collect them - did you want to...try to apologize to Mhalir before we go over to Aktun to meet?: 

:Oh.

Yeah. I should do that.:

:Just a moment, I will tell Leareth -: His eyes go unfocused for a second or two; then he swings his legs over the side of the bed and gets up, offering her a hand. :Do you want me to - be there, or give you privacy?:

She squeezes his hand. :I think I should do it alone. Thank you, though.:

Then he can step out and go try his best to prepare himself mentally for the upcoming meeting with - gods, how many of them are there, now, he isn't sure if little Ma'ar or Tadesse will be there but if they are then, counting god-Aroden, that's...seven of him in total. What a bizarre thought. 

And a few minutes later, the young woman from before knocks on Carissa's door. "You wanted to speak?" The intonation of her voice is Mhalir's. 

Aaaaaaaaahhh - "yeah. Come on in."

Mhalir comes in, shuts the door behind him. Looks at her quietly, waiting. 

Why is this so much harder than it has any right to be.

"Uh. I'm sorry for trying to kill you. I - still don't know for sure if I was - wrong that it was the best shot I had - but I'm hoping I might've been wrong about that? I'm going to try really hard, to have been wrong about that. 

You're - very good, and you were very good to me, and it's - unfair, or something, that - that's the only reason I could even consider it, that's the only reason I had enough preferences about the world to want to try -"

"...I know. I - was thinking a lot, and I wanted to say," he hesitates, scuffs his feet, "that - I am proud of you. For - being able to do that - being able to disagree with me... That is what I wanted for you. That is - what I need, I think, for - you to feel like a true ally."

He looks down. "It does seem very unfair, if that - results in our being on opposite sides. But I hope it will not have to - Leareth said you had been offering a way to help that would not involve going against your own values..." 

"Ma'ar and I were going to go looking for other worlds. See if there's - anything out there - relevant to how we should handle fights with gods we disagree with. 

If - if it works out that we're going to do this to every Golarion we find - then I don't think I can be yours, really. But - but maybe we'll find something better. And then I'd be happy to - do that with you everywhere we go."

"I understand." 

He's silent for a long time. 

"- I keep wanting to hug you - would you...mind...?" 

"- not at all -"

He hugs her. His new host is shorter than Carissa and a bit plumper; she feels soft and warm. 

Hug. "I - you know you didn't do anything wrong, right, you know you never hurt me -"

He gives her a slightly dubious look, but nods. "I am glad to know." 

Hug.

A long time before he really wants to, Mhalir steps back. "I need to go now." 

"Of course. Take care."

His host's body language shifts, back to what must be her own. "Uh, I'm apparently not invited to this meeting, Leareth's going to take him. But I heard that you have something called 'movies' and that they're amazing...?" Hopeful look. 

"Oh. Yeah. Uh, you can go drop him off and I'll set up a movie. Do you know what kind you like?"

"Ooh. Reckon there're any about people going on exploring missions? ...Uh, for context that's what my family did, before, my dad is a merchant sailor and we all like exploring and when Tadesse...showed up in my brother's head, suddenly he knew all this magic and we did a lot more exploring. We circumnavigated the whole continent and we nearly made it to see the other continent! - Uh, we did have to get rescued by Leareth from that." She still seems quite smug about it. 

"There's probably something...there's Star Trek! I think it's about that, or something related..."

"Neat! I'll be back in a bit, then, once I hand Mhalir off to Leareth."

And she ducks out. 

Carissa Catalina feels very very sad for no good reason. She sets up Star Trek.