"I, uh..."

He steps aside so Khythen can see into the room.

Talyr goes back to Mezeidai's bed to sit next to her, mantling his wings protectively.

"...What the fuck seconded," Khythen says, stunned.

Mezeidai curls up into Talyr, not sure to what extent the lie applies to his boyfriend and--presumably that's the one who noticed the other captive was a person--as well as the others.

"This is Mezeidai," says Talyr. "She is, as you can see, a half-demon."

"How did you know?"

"I didn't, until I touched her. Then - well, we talked."

She nods. She is watching Khythen warily.

Khythen--makes nothing resembling a sudden move or an attempt to get closer to her.

"Talked about...?"

"...this is gonna shake everybody the fuck up, isn't it," says Izaneth. "It kinda shakes me up and I haven't even been playing."

"Yes, I rather think it might," says Talyr, hugging Mezeidai. "You might want to let them know when they wake up. I'm not leaving Mezeidai alone until I'm satisfied that no one is going to hurt her again."

...Khythen nods slowly. "That. Seems reasonable."

To her. "...I'm sorry."

She hides her face behind one of her wings and snuggles a little closer to Talyr.

Hug.

"...I'll just. Go and do that," Khythen says a little awkwardly, and goes to go and do that.

...Izaneth comes into the room.

"Hey," he says quietly to Mezeidai. "I'm Izaneth. Sorry about, uh, everything."

"I don't think we have time for a long conversation now, but maybe I can introduce you to my boyfriends properly later."

"You didn't do anything," she tells Izaneth. "...Except make the 'beds' comfier, which is a good thing."

"Yeah. Just. Wow, they really fucked this one up, didn't they."

"Twice in a row, even."

Snort. "Yeah."

"I mean, I'm glad I survived to be born and grow up and so on, but you can sure as hell bet that whatever son of a bitch sired me didn't mean for that to happen."

"No kidding. And just - wow. I didn't notice a thing when you were playing human, and then..." He shakes his head.

Shrug. "Talyr's apparently just that good. And you didn't even touch me, anyway."

"I probably wouldn't have seen it even then. I wouldn't hardly know what to look for, and I don't know anybody who can read living things like Talyr can."