[ oooh!!! he could take this bottle and dump it in his face!!
he does not do that. for a moment, the image flashes in the back of his mind - the bloodied, mangled body on the ground - but he keeps it at bay, even if somewhere, internally, he wants to yell at him, wants to hit him with his staff, but he knows just as logically that that is stupid and also would be pointless and just might kill him.
temenos holds the water for him for a moment longer, and then pulls it back, setting the skein back to the side. ]
I'm here, yes. Despite your best, most heroic efforts, we both are. [ idiot, he thinks, but there's no heat, no malice, as his gaze sweeps down his injuries briefly, back up to his face. impassive. placid. ] You're an the inn in Stormhail. My companions are in a room next door.
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he does not do that. for a moment, the image flashes in the back of his mind - the bloodied, mangled body on the ground - but he keeps it at bay, even if somewhere, internally, he wants to yell at him, wants to hit him with his staff, but he knows just as logically that that is stupid and also would be pointless and just might kill him.
temenos holds the water for him for a moment longer, and then pulls it back, setting the skein back to the side. ]
I'm here, yes. Despite your best, most heroic efforts, we both are. [ idiot, he thinks, but there's no heat, no malice, as his gaze sweeps down his injuries briefly, back up to his face. impassive. placid. ] You're an the inn in Stormhail. My companions are in a room next door.