Cedric peels the cloth from his eyes, squinting against the light. He sits upright, propped in a chair not far from Vanya’s cot. Meant to head out already, but something of the cool and dark sat so heavy on his brow, and -
Well, no one’s slept much, have they?
No, he doesn’t remember Tav. The past day is a lurch of hours. But he knows the name, the voice. ]
Barrow filled me in, [ Careful. He's watching the guards. Cedric's seen his share of mages too, but the Loyalists he knows own more freedom of movement. ] Reckon we all owe you our gratitude, Tav.
[ His expression gentles, but his palm presses out firm - no, no more magic, thank you. Bruises will fade, and the rough men in back remind his training: A spell is always an escalation.
[ This isn't his first sickbay. If the Gallows owns an advantage, it’s that no one’s dying in here - ten years on, and the smell of Declan’s clipped intestines has never quite left him. The sour air of his mother’s blankets.
There's no one dying in here. But he's lingered longer than he'd like. ]
A helmet, yesterday. [ A crinkled smile: He's joking. ] I'm well. Some things just take time.
[ Cedric stoops up, cracking stiff joints. Casually - or it might be, if he weren't maintaining direct eye contact with the one on the left, he calls - ]
[Some things do take time, Tav silently agrees. He’d been so caught up in the rush of trying to save Baldur’s Gate, destroying the Absolute, removing taspoles that sitting still seems impossible.
He pivots when Cedric addresses the NPCs guards, dressed in vaguely piratey uniforms.
[ Baeron and Kinnear. Alright. See if he can hang on to that much.
Cedric doesn't hold any authority here, but maybe he doesn't need it. Just matters they know they're being watched. Problems look a lot like people sometimes - he's got ideas on how a Tevene pirate might solve them.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Cedric peels the cloth from his eyes, squinting against the light. He sits upright, propped in a chair not far from Vanya’s cot. Meant to head out already, but something of the cool and dark sat so heavy on his brow, and -
Well, no one’s slept much, have they?
No, he doesn’t remember Tav. The past day is a lurch of hours. But he knows the name, the voice. ]
Barrow filled me in, [ Careful. He's watching the guards. Cedric's seen his share of mages too, but the Loyalists he knows own more freedom of movement. ] Reckon we all owe you our gratitude, Tav.
[ His expression gentles, but his palm presses out firm - no, no more magic, thank you. Bruises will fade, and the rough men in back remind his training: A spell is always an escalation.
He likes the four of them better settled. ]
no subject
[And yet he’s almost grateful to be turned down. He’d just about passed out healing Barrow, Cedric, and Vanya.]
I suppose you must be feeling better then? Anything I can get you?
no subject
There's no one dying in here. But he's lingered longer than he'd like. ]
A helmet, yesterday. [ A crinkled smile: He's joking. ] I'm well. Some things just take time.
[ Cedric stoops up, cracking stiff joints. Casually - or it might be, if he weren't maintaining direct eye contact with the one on the left, he calls - ]
Don't think I caught your names, serahs,
[ To the guards. ]
no subject
He pivots when Cedric addresses the
NPCsguards, dressed in vaguely piratey uniforms.The one on the left,] Baeron, ser.
[And the right,] Kinnear.
no subject
Cedric doesn't hold any authority here, but maybe he doesn't need it. Just matters they know they're being watched. Problems look a lot like people sometimes - he's got ideas on how a Tevene pirate might solve them.
He pauses at the door, turns to nod, ]
My thanks again, Tav. Catch you around.
[ Before disappearing into the blurry day. ]