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Essence: ~slips in very quietly and gives him a once-over before smiling~
Morrow: ~softly~ Hello.
Essence: ~smiles~ Hello, Morrow. ~nudges his mun over and sits down~
Morrow: ~opens his eyes and looks over~ I am glad to find out at last that you arrived safely.
Essence: ~nods with a soft smile~ Of course I did. And you... I was getting rather anxious.
Morrow: ~looks away~ Without Wintermoon and Breezen...and Fuil, of course, things might have grown desperate.
Essence: ~sighs and rests a hand on his shoulder~ But they were with you, you're here, ~smiles a bit~ and I didn't have to rescue you on my own.
Morrow: ~nods, expression grave~ Everyone's so worried about me...but the others....
Essence: ~shakes his head~ We'll get them out, but we can't unless we use everything we have, and you count in that, quite a bit.
Morrow: ~sigh~ They should have gone without me. I held them back...
Essence: No, I think they were quite right in getting you out as well.
Morrow: ~opens his mouth to say something, then looks away~ I only agreed to come, now, because I wanted Wintermoon out of there, and he would never have gone without me...
Essence: ~peers down at him~ Well, at least one of you has sense. Try looking at it this way; it's very simple. We're going to need you, Morrow, if we have any hope of getting the others out. It's going to be even harder to slip out now that they know they haven't been careful enough.
Morrow: ~softly~ Perhaps....
Essence: ~sighs~ What I'm really saying is that they can make it a while longer. I'm not sure you could have, and I'm very glad I'm not the only one that realized that.
Morrow: I lasted this long. It takes a lot more than that to destroy a Sevour...
Essence: ~chuckles softly~ Would you stop ruining perfectly good points? Besides, at the moment, I don't care whose baby brother you are, nor whose uncle. I'm just relieved that you're here.
Morrow: But should anyone die in my place... ~closes his eyes and sighs heavily~ Essence, I may never fully recover my strength. You, and everyone else, are placing too much importance on my freedom. I'll accept being a symbol of hope, but I am no savior. And you *should* care whose uncle I am, because any one of my nephews will be a better aid to their freedom than I will be. Your true hope should be in Wintermoon, of any of us.
Essence: ~crosses his arms~They'll last a while longer. And I never mentioned saviors. My hope is in all of us. Not just you, and I'll kick and scream and throw a tantrum before I'll let any of your nephews be in more danger than is absolutely necessary. In any case, you're here and what's done is done.
Morrow: I didn't mean it like that. ~glare~ I just mean, everyone seems to be putting too much importance on my freedom. Right, sure, too late, I'm here...but what good does that do anyone when I can't even stay awake for more than three hours a day?
Essence: ~softly~ Give it time. You've been through a lot, and you need the rest you're getting. You'll either be fine, or you won't, but either way you'll pull through. ~glares back~ And if you don't you're going to have a lot of people kicking you in the rear because they care about you. And on that note, before I get myself slapped by Veris again, I'm going to let you rest. ~rather infuriatingly kisses his cheek~
Morrow: ~blink, blink~
Essence: ~gets up~ Goodnight, Morrow. Sleep well, and stop being such an idiot about this. ~smiles and walks out~
Morrow: ~slumps, pauses for a long time, then whispers~ ...don't kiss me like that....
Shanzi: I have no comment. He's his own master. Boy, is he ever...... ~hugs gently~ I need to get to bed as well.
Morrow: ~nods weakly~ I'm entirely too exhausted for this.
Shanzi: Sleep, then. He knows, that's why he left.
Morrow: ~lifts his hand to his cheek thoughtfully, then sighs~ Yes. Good night and fare well. ~disappears~