Then he'll go do that. Assuming this does not prove complicated in any way maybe there will be time for dinner before the funeral.

It is not especially complicated. It turns out that Curl was in fact the Condemned deserter they were already looking for, although they hadn't known he was a... witch?... or whatever sort of magic user he is. 

Also, while he's here, Quartermaster Garms has his new armor. 

He has time to grab dinner (although he is interrupted a few times by people who want him to say a prayer over their weapons or armor or holy symbols), and then he can head off to the cemetery for the funeral.

He winds up settling on "may this [object] serve the cause of Heaven" pretty uniformly over the [object]s and then off he goes.

Sosiel smiles warmly at him as he arrives. "I'm glad you could make it."

Apart from Sosiel, Blai may recognize a few others in the small crowd: Ember, Seelah, Nenio, Nurah, a few others that he's seen in the Defender's Heart but doesn't know by name.

Oh good, he was sort of concerned he'd be getting thrown together with total strangers in a large group without a defined social organization to govern it. He gravitates familiarityward.

"What an excellent opportunity to learn more about Mendevian culture firsthand!"

Seelah rubs her forehead. "Please keep it down during the actual funeral, alright?"

"Of course. I would not dream of deliberately contaminating my experimental data."

Hopefully that means that not only will he not have to make a speech he also will not have to say things at all.

After a few minutes, Sosiel gathers everyone's attention. "We are gathered here today to remember the brave men and women who laid down their lives when the Temple of Shelyn was attacked. I — I wanted to begin with a song, one of Songbird Matilda's favorites, 'I Dreamt Last Night.' I'm not much of a singer compared to her, really, but I think she'll understand. Everyone is welcome to join in if you know it, but you don't have to if you don't want to."

She feels so bad for those poor followers of Shelyn, thinking they could trust in their goddess to protect them and dying anyway...

Nurah has a gorgeous, melodious voice, to the point that it's actively noticeable even against the backdrop of everyone else who's singing along.

He does not know the song so he is under no obligation at all to sing!