He's a quick healer, anyway. Most tieflings are, which is tragic if you think about the reasons for that for too long. He'd try to sit up right about now, but she's still leaning over him, stroking his forehead, every bit the nurse and protector. It's a side he hasn't seen of her before, but it doesn't entirely surprise him.
He chuckles softly. She likes watching him fight? That's flattering. "I'm getting better again. The smite is coming back to me, slowly but surely. I'm not sure what that means, but it's a gift I'm going to need, and I'm happy to see it."
He untangles his hand from the blankets, seeking out hers, threading their fingers together. "Gods know there are plenty of cults to go around. Once we put down the Absolute, I'm sure we can find more of them to fight if that's your fancy." This is optimism! They've going to destroy the Absolute and survive the experience themselves, right?
It melts away some of her raised walls when he thread their fingers together. Then again, he's been remarkably good at knocking down those walls so far.
She squeezes his hand, then leans over to kiss his forehead, drawing away with a final pat to his shoulder. "You'll live." Nurse Ea has concluded. Nurse Ea is not very professional a caretaker - if Isobel were to heal him this way, she'd have to have words with the cleric for instance - because the shoulder pat turns into a squeeze, then her hand on his jawline, her thumb sweeping over his cheekbone. Nurse Ea is a grabby bitch, clearly.
"Your smite is coming back, you said?" Not that she knows how paladin oaths work, but that's surely a good thing? "Wait, does this mean you went into the Cult of Tiamat without a way to defeat cultists?"
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Date: 2024-11-04 01:31 pm (UTC)He chuckles softly. She likes watching him fight? That's flattering. "I'm getting better again. The smite is coming back to me, slowly but surely. I'm not sure what that means, but it's a gift I'm going to need, and I'm happy to see it."
He untangles his hand from the blankets, seeking out hers, threading their fingers together. "Gods know there are plenty of cults to go around. Once we put down the Absolute, I'm sure we can find more of them to fight if that's your fancy." This is optimism! They've going to destroy the Absolute and survive the experience themselves, right?
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Date: 2024-11-04 06:44 pm (UTC)She squeezes his hand, then leans over to kiss his forehead, drawing away with a final pat to his shoulder. "You'll live." Nurse Ea has concluded. Nurse Ea is not very professional a caretaker - if Isobel were to heal him this way, she'd have to have words with the cleric for instance - because the shoulder pat turns into a squeeze, then her hand on his jawline, her thumb sweeping over his cheekbone. Nurse Ea is a grabby bitch, clearly.
"Your smite is coming back, you said?" Not that she knows how paladin oaths work, but that's surely a good thing? "Wait, does this mean you went into the Cult of Tiamat without a way to defeat cultists?"